by Nick Cleveland
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
Ones that are far beyond my reach.
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see
Those are the words from the chorus of Brandon Heath's song "Give me Your Eyes". A friend tipped me off to this song and using it to challenge our student leaders to see those around them like Jesus does. We've been working to develop this kind of heart in the students who are on stage and who 'make' HSM (our Sunday morning High School ministry) happen.
Then it happened yesterday. A key student leader in our ministry sat down next to his girlfriend who came to HSM yesterday (she was there to watch him 'perform'). In the middle of my part two message on getting out of the boat and walking on water, he stood up from the back row, moved one section over to the backrow. No one saw it except me.
He sat down next to a person from his school who is new to HSM...this kid is young, intimadated (so I learned 35 minutes earlier from his mom), and virtually invisible. He just sat next to him and saw him. I'm thankful to serve Jesus next to people who 'get it'! Now, for me...I pray the same prayer...Lord, give ME your eyes!
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
Ones that are far beyond my reach.
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see
Those are the words from the chorus of Brandon Heath's song "Give me Your Eyes". A friend tipped me off to this song and using it to challenge our student leaders to see those around them like Jesus does. We've been working to develop this kind of heart in the students who are on stage and who 'make' HSM (our Sunday morning High School ministry) happen.
Then it happened yesterday. A key student leader in our ministry sat down next to his girlfriend who came to HSM yesterday (she was there to watch him 'perform'). In the middle of my part two message on getting out of the boat and walking on water, he stood up from the back row, moved one section over to the backrow. No one saw it except me.
He sat down next to a person from his school who is new to HSM...this kid is young, intimadated (so I learned 35 minutes earlier from his mom), and virtually invisible. He just sat next to him and saw him. I'm thankful to serve Jesus next to people who 'get it'! Now, for me...I pray the same prayer...Lord, give ME your eyes!
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