Because we took that one bite from the tree of evil, we caused our own blindness. In an instant we carved out the ability to see anything as whole. We no longer saw God as someone we could trust. We no longer saw His goodness. We saw nothing.
Nothing took complete dominion. Now everywhere we look we only see what isn't. We see deficiency. We see the holes. We see all that has been taken from us. We see the emptiness. We see the nothing.
But Jesus came and became the nothing so we could see everything.
This does not excuse us from stepping into something that will blind us once again.
But it ensures that there is something to see at the end of it.
1 Corinthians 2:7, "His secret purpose framed from the very beginning is to bring us to our full glory."
That which completely rips open your soul, causing more pain than you thought was thinkable. That which slashes holes into your heart, leaving an emptiness inside that you think you have been doomed to forever. That which splatters your sight, withdrawing all but the dark of the night.
Those holes may actually become the thin open places to see through the shambles. To glimpse through the chaos of this world and to see the beauty beyond. Just as a child peeps through the bottom of a door trying to discover what lies behind, we peep through the holes, our wounds, to discover what is beyond. We discover Him. We see Him. The God who we endlessly crave. The God who we cry out for. The God who answers. The God who makes the blind see.
Glance through the deepest holes. Glance through the pain. Step out of the nothing. Step out of the dark. Step into the light. Be free. Be healed. He sees you.
See Him.
