Most of us are able to see (maybe not very well, but enough
to get by) and are lucky enough not to know what it’s like to be blind. We get
to see the smiling faces of our parents, friends, or children. We get to see
the beauty of God’s creation. Blindness steals this from us. Similarly, the
beauty of this life can be stolen from us if we suffer from spiritual blindness.
Maybe we can see God’s creation, but we haven’t really SEEN it.
Recently, I heard someone speak about our knowledge of God
using two Spanish words—conocer and saber. I am by no means bilingual, but
these two words speak to two different things. Conocer is to know someone.
Saber is to know something. Do we know (saber) God? Or do we KNOW (conocer)
God? If we only know (saber) God, it’s time to get our vision checked and
repaired.
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