Eyes of the Heart

Spring is in the air with the butterflies dancing in the Garden with the vibrant flowers swaying in sunlight and light breeze. The recent rain was welcomed and will likely keep the hills green for a few more weeks. The natural world reminds us all of the spiritual journey we are on and how using our senses can us help feel closer and connected to God.

This is the case in these Eastertide days following Resurrection Sunday and how people were talking about the miracle that had taken place. We will be reading from the Gospel of Luke this Sunday about the moment where the resurrected Jesus walks beside some of his followers and yet they do not recognize him. How often in our life have we overlooked the presence of the living God? 

Their spiritual eyes might have been closed to see Jesus clearly, and yet their hearts knew all along that it was him walking beside them on the road to Emmaus. 

Luke 24:30-35

“When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight. They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?” That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together. They were saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!” Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.”

Secrets of Heaven §1983

“For as long as people are caught up in bodily and worldly things, they are asleep to spiritual realities. They need to be awakened by divine influence.” - Emanuel Swedenborg 

 Blessings,

Rev. Dave

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