lens of truth

last night we read the 2nd half of luke and one thing stuck out to me over and over again...

i think Jesus must have been really frustrated by how blind people could be. we run around with such a simple mind that's set on the world and we miss out on so much truth (both the good and the bad).

last week i was talking to a few people about screwtape letters and erin mentioned how creepy it is... because it's pretty accurate to the truth- a truth that we are ignorant of most of the time.

and on the other hand there's... the story of the woman at the well, for example. she's thirsty for the living water that Jesus talks about, but doesn't realize that it's right on front of her!

so... partly in honor of "zelda" posts 2 summers ago...
and mainly because it's a perfect metaphor...
i was very much reminded of the lens of truth.
just think about it! :)

we need to equip them more often. i do at least.

i'm too lazy/busy at the moment to explain this to non-zelda fans. so if you're confused and don't want to be then just comment here or ask on facebook.

finally, below are a few (of many) random quotes from the chapters we read that made me think about all this:

"you hypocrites! doesn't each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? then should not this woman, a daughter of abraham, whom satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the sabbath day from what bound her?" then he asked them, "if one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out?" and they had nothing to say.

"if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'i repent,' forgive him."
the apostles said to the Lord, "increase our faith!"
he replied, "if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you.

"The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, 'here it is,' or 'there it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you."

Jesus called the children to him and said, "let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."

he saw through their duplicity and said to them, "show me a denarius. Whose portrait and inscription are on it?"
"caesar's," they replied.
he said to them, "then give to caesar what is caesar's, and to God what is God's.