The World Through People-Colored Glasses

You look at the world and see that you were abandoned when you didn’t deserve it.

You were wounded beyond repair.

Your bitterness is excuseable.

You have been horribly wronged.

You see those that hurt you owe you much.

You see you are a victim.

You see your future has been warped by your past.

You see you may never reach what you were destined to be because of the circumstances you had no choice but to endure.

You see that you are broken.

You see incompetence.

You see that you are a failure.

You see insignificance.  

You see pointless days stretched before you.

You see that you must be respected to have value.

You see that you must strive for approval, because only then will you succeed.

You are wearing people-colored glasses. You filter all you see through how people have treated you and how they view you. Your viewpoint is clouded by their perception of you. It is brightened only by their approval of you.

Take of these glasses and you may you are suddenly disillusioned for a moment.

Perhaps the best place you could be. Disillusionment means losing illusions. It means being faced with reality—with truth.

Take them off and here you are, lying bare before your own eyes. Seeing yourself as God sees you. And what will you see?

You will see that you have never been left alone.

You’ll see that in wounding, you have a Healer, and He who created can heal completely.

You’ll see that you have been forgiven much.

You’ll see that you do have the capacity to forgive much.

You’ll see that you have a Defender.

You’ll see that you are the debtor, owing a debt of love to the One who loves you best.

You’ll see that you are a victor.

You will see a future, shaped perfectly by every circumstance that you have walked through.

You will see that nothing and nobody but you can hold you back from the destiny God has planned for you.

You will see that you have been made strong by what you have endured.

You will see that you are made whole.

You’ll see that God perfects His strength in your weakness.

You’ll see that you are a child of God.

You will see that you are held, cared for, sung over, safe.

You will see a beautiful world.

You will see a bright future.