Seeing the Full Picture

It’s amazing how well our brain can filter all the stimuli it receives from our senses, allowing us to focus on just a few things at a time.  For example, someone returning to work from a lunch break at a sidewalk café may be listening to a friend walking with them, watch for cars as they cross the street, feel a breeze as they come to the corner, smell food from the café they just visited, and taste the tea they had taken with them in a to-go cup while concentrating on the conversation with their friend – all at the same time! Of course, deciding where to focus our attention with all this stimulation can be a challenge. Sometimes we accidently filter the wrong things.

Another important sense we may need to remind ourselves of is that sense which perceives the movement of the Spirit around us. Failing to acknowledge or perceive the Spirit can leave us blind to important information that might help us in our life’s journey. Join us this Sunday as we celebrate the baptism and confirmation of several of our youth and reflect on how Jesus’s healing of a blind man can serve as a reminder of how we need Christ’s help with avoiding our spiritual blind spots.