Let him who has eyes, see

I learned something new yesterday. I learned that what I see through my camera lens is not the whole truth. When I was able to slow my shutter speed to 1/4 of a second, meaning the shutter stays open longer to pull in all the elements. If my shutter speed is faster, it stops the motion, so it freezes any action into a brief pause.
What part of my life needs to slow so I can absorb all the beauty, majesty, awe, of this place and His people? Life has convinced us to live with a fast shutter speed where we quickly judge, analyze, decide without question, and move on.
Lately, we have been more focused on these brief encounters, words, and even actions, and have condemned without seeing a human being. Here’s the thing, we are ALL flawed, sinful, dirty, people, which is why we need a savior. We need saved from ourselves.
Satan is destroying our eyesight. We are becoming blind to the fact that we are not each other’s enemy. This is how he wins the war. Destruction from inside. Our hearts, our heads, our emotions, our souls, no longer believe that love conquers all, only by force will victory come.
Set aside emotions for just a brief time, and see, actually see, the flawed, the raw, the embarrassed, the forgiven, the hurt, the regretful, and the beauty in us all. Then maybe, just maybe, we will be one.