The Gift Of Sight

One of the things about God that should impress us most and bring us the greatest joy is the way in which He gives us signs of His presence, constantly. He gives signs of His nearness or of His intention to come to us. And if we follow these signs into His presence, we have the opportunity to enter into a deeper union with Him: a union through which we receive “wholeness” or “fulfillment;” a union through which we receive a new desire and a new ability to love other people; a union through which we receive the strength and courage to make the difficult decisions in life. All this because of the sign of His presence. But this should not surprise us. It has been this way from the very beginning.

Do you remember the story of the “rainbow” in the Old Testament? The rainbow was a sign of God’s presence for Noah, after the great flood. Throughout history it has reminded us…