What We Perceive

Okay, that was weird.  I went to Kate’s blog as I always do and the word Path seemed to be the latest word prompt, but that seemed off.  Her email to me that this word perception, but the latest blog post was on the word path.  So I considered The Path Ahead, but apparently I should have been focused on what we perceive…

What we Perceive

The word is perception or
so I’ve been told, finding
the post not as easy or bold.

It makes me remember that perception
is not always as easy as one makes out.
What we perceive is influenced
by more than sight.

I’m reading a book in which
magical items can strengthen the
senses and physical well-being
of the one bearing it. But as the
wearer learns, the item (usually a blade)
has their own agendas and pushes them
constantly and one must be on-guard.

The world we live in has an agenda
all it’s own. And truth be told, not
always the agenda we want. It seems
so often that strife is what the
world wants. Division and discord
the name of the game.

So in our perceptions of the
world around
us, are we challenging
what we perceive? Are we looking
for the good or only seeing that
which divides? That which causes
us to think negatively?

It’s a battle we all face you know?
To fight against the pressures
of the world and seek after
the good. To seek after
the things eternally right.
It’s part of our path that lies ahead. 🙂

God’s word on perception

1 Corinthians 2:14-16  ¹⁴ The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. ¹⁵ The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. ¹⁶ “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:6-8 ⁶ So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, ⁷ for we walk by faith, not by sight. ⁸ Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.