Look in my Eyes

Just finished listening to P.H (my Vistage bud) give the sermon at Horizon for the 9:15 service. Based on Acts 3:1 and making the point when Peter said "Look at us" .. " Look straight at us"... "Look here" ..... "Look on us" ... depending on the translation you prefer.

P.H. said, "the eyes are the window to the heart" (see 9/9/10 Blog- Faces). Making eye contact is one indicator of connecting. I remember the difference when I started wearing contacts - I could no longer hide behind the glasses (see 5/3/10 Blog - Hiding Eyes). It was then, I began to train myself to look into people's eyes.

When you start doing this you discover the number of people who are hiding, looking down, feeling uncomfortable connecting the windows to the heart. You can see it in children sometimes. Ellen would hold her hand/arm in front of her eyes (doubled the protection) as she would look down to avoid the eye contact. As if to say, she was now invisible to the on looker's stare.

I like the translation that said "Look straight at us". Almost as if to say Look true from your heart at me ... not the facade, the real you connecting to the real me.

Postbloggingscript: 1/31/11 "Lift up your eyes and look about you ..... your heart will throb and swell with joy" Isaiah 60:4