WINDOW WASHER
We need to perceive the Truth.
Yet, darkly we peer through the glass.
Clean me for use
Free me to serve
Lift me to reach
That I may wash windows for You.
Wrong doctrine obscures
Gray living besmears
Raw weather, it blurs
The pane on this side.
Provide a soft cloth—not abrasive
The vision to transcend the obstructive
And courage to rub for perfection
Searching
Editing
Polishing
Till, through one clear corner,
Someone sees You.
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—Catherine Lawton
from the book, Remembering Softly: A Life In Poems © 2016
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WONDERFUL CHRISTIAN ANALOGY!!!!
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“OPEN OUR EYES….HOLY SPIRIT…MAY OTHERS SEE JESUS THROUGH AND IN US!”
Amen, Jonathan.
What a wonderful post.. thanks to Jonathan, I bumped into to your lovely blog.
Thanks and welcome, Ellen. I’m glad you found us.
🙂 Me too – God has a great way of doing that 😉
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Yes, so aware these days that “darkly we peer through the glass.” Praying for “vision to transcend the obstructive…”
Once before you used this analogy (in a blog?), and it was impactful. How true of our need, our desire and the Holy Spirit’s help.