Remember that Avatar movie with the blue people? They would greet each other with this phrase:
"I see you."
That always stuck with me.
We "see" people all day long, but those that we know intimately are the people we truly s e e.
In reality, the essence of a person is invisible. I can see the body of a stranger, but I cannot know them, unless they reveal that invisible part of themselves to me.
I once heard someone explain this as the reason for God's invisibility. To know God, one must see the invisible-to tap into what God revealed about himself. Otherwise we simply hold onto superstitious idols.
I love that I get to be one of the few to s e e my wife, to truly get inside the invisible Beth, the Beth that is truly Beth. And, yet, I'm reminded that I have to learn continually how to gently give her safety to reveal her invisible side.
As you look at your marriage, have you built a place where it is safe for your spouse to reveal his/her true self? And are you pursuing your spouse's invisible self?
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