Sunday’s Blessing – 2/14/2026 – Take Another Look

Sunday’s Blessing – 2/14/2026 – Take Another Look

One of the most frequently viewed articles on my blog it True vs. Truth About God. It contains an image which illustrates how perspective can play a huge role in how we see things. In the image you see an object (cylinder) whose shadow is being projected on a surface with light from two different directions. In one image (blue) the object appears to be square. The other image (yellow) the object appears to be round. Both are “true” based on perspective, but neither view fully describes the object in question.

 

The reason for this thought was a conversation I had with a friend this week regarding critics of scripture. Some say the Bible is wrought with “errors” because of the various accounts of certain events recorded by different authors. The gospels contain descriptions of events from the writer’s perspective. However, since they are not identical, they are written off as wrong.

Ask two people to describe “red”. You will get two very different descriptions. We need to realize when we hear someone speak about any topic that there could be information being omitted; not maliciously, but simply not something they observed.

Let me try to clarify with an example of something which happened to me. I was driving north on I-65 between Cullman and Lacon when I saw a truck pulled over on the shoulder. What I didn’t see was the object in the road which caused the truck to pull over. It was a gear used to tighten straps to secure the load. When I finally spotted the object, it was too late to swerve around the object. As I straddled it, thinking I avoided contact, my rear axle hit the object, making a very loud noise. I looked in my rearview mirror and noticed both hubcaps from my rear wheels were rolling down the interstate, eventually rolling into the trees on the east side of the road. I didn’t stop at that time since I was on my way to a meeting but made note of the location so I could come back for the hubcaps.

I returned to the spot later that week and began searching for the lost items. I stood on the top of the embankment looking among the trees and underbrush for the hubcaps. There was no sign of them. I then decided to change my perspective. I walked down among the trees and looked again. Amazingly, both hubcaps were located and were not damaged at all.

When it comes to understanding God, and the scripture, we need to take a second look before forming an opinion on the meaning of what we see. It could make a huge difference in how our lives will be impacted. This very thing is what prompted my study of the Names of God so many years ago. I wanted to understand more about this One we called God. I wanted to know His character, His nature, His motivations, His ways.

What does all of this have to do with Valentine’s Day weekend? Nothing really, except for the fact that some believe love is blind. I can never agree with that. Love, in my opinion, is when you fully realize who someone is, and then love them anyway. God loves us without reserve. The only way we can fully give ourselves to Him, or anyone else, is to gain trust that they will receive us unconditionally. That is true love.

Now for today’s blessing:

I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued my faithfulness to you. Jeremiah 31:3b (ESV)

And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. Exodus 33:17-19 (ESV)

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:4-7 (ESV)