Can you see me?

In 1 Samuel, God finds David, a man after his own heart. He told the prophet for whom the book is named " the Lord does not see as man sees, for man looks at the at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart (16:7). Recently, God has allowed me to experience several challenges which have brought this to life. It inspired me to write the following:

Invisibly Visible by Amon Dobbins

When you see me, do you see me, or

Do you know me before you know me

Am I a mystery worthy of mental and conversational excavation, or

Or am I just another set of behaviors for your statistics?

Can I ever truly be free from preconceived notions?

Not in this life.

What kind of programming causes us both to think we know everything

About one another without stopping to talk?

What makes you believe that I’m the exception instead of the rule?

I’m the rule in my circles.

Maybe the problem with a circle is that it always returns to itself

As opposed to reaching out.

But that’s risky, I’m liable to get my hand chopped off

But what if I don’t? What if I reach out and someone actually grasps my hand

Am I ready to grasp back, or will I recoil into my circle.

What if I reach out and grab on and that hand begins to pull me away from my circle

Will my circle pull back or give me up as a social casualty?

Can I bridge the gap, or will I be ripped apart?

The danger of choosing sides is that one side’s always the villain.

The danger with being neutral is that you become the villain to both sides.

Well, at least they agree on something.

Is it wrong I don’t care that I don’t care about not caring?

I do care about truth, about relationship, about sharing a God engineered adventure with like-minded people.

The more time you spend with different people, the more you realize that you really don’t know someone,

Until you really know someone.

If you really want to get to know someone

Take on a project together, play them in a game, talk about their dreams,

You may not like them, but at least it’s based on something.

What makes the Truth that God created each of us to be in a faultless, guiltless, relationship with Him so hard to accept?

If we have an open conversation about God will we accept the ramifications of the facts and revelation as Divine Truth?

Agreeing to disagree sucks, if there’s truth and I don’t accept it, keep arguing.

The Truth is neither subjective nor debatable; rather our perception of the Truth, at least that’s how I see it.