Turning our Eyes
"Turn your eyes upon Jesus Look full in His wonderful face And the things of earth Will grow strangely dim In the light of His glory and grace" This is the image that comes to mind every time I sing this hymn. Some of my sweetest friendships looking out over Belo Horizonte. The sun was setting over the city but if you were looking straight out into the sunset, everything was completely faded out (the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace). It was as if you couldn't help fixating on the beauty of it. Then if you looked down into the city and took your eyes off the light... you could see the details of the city clearer.. the city lights, the cars, the people, the buildings but we would have completely missed out on that sunset if we had kept looking down. Instead, we sat there in awe of the His beauty and...