Topics:<\/b> Empathy; Intimacy; Knowing God; Presence of God; Relationships<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Psalm 139:7; 1 John 3:18\u201320<\/p>\n
My husband, Edward, is devoted to hawks, especially to the golden eagles that are returning to Georgia. Driving down the highway with him can be a test of nerves as he peers over the steering wheel at a particularly large bird. Is it an eagle or just a turkey vulture? He has to know, even if it means weaving down the road or running off it from time to time.<\/p>\n
My view is a bit different: \u201cKeep your eyes on the road!\u201d I yell at him. \u201cWho cares what it is? I\u2019ll buy you a bird book; I\u2019ll even buy you a bird\u2014just watch where you\u2019re going.\u201d<\/p>\n
A couple of summers ago, we spent two months apart, and I thought I\u2019d get a break from hawks. Instead, I began to see them everywhere\u2014looping through the air, spiraling in rising thermals, hunkered down in the tops of trees. Seeing them, really seeing them for the first time in my life, I understood that I was not seeing them with my own eyes but with Edward\u2019s eyes. He was not there, so I was seeing them for him. He was present in me.<\/p>\n
\u2014Barbara Brown Taylor, The Best Spiritual Writing<\/i> (Harper, 1999)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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