“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.” Taking pictures of wildflowers is a challenge. First you have to know where to find them and do some hiking to get there. Then the conditions have to be just right, soft light from the right direction and little or no wind - and a few drops of rain are even better. You also have to have a camera that can focus on close objects. Our modern digital cameras are really amazing light machines, especially the ability to autofocus, which works when we simply push the button. The simplest and most accurate kind of autofocus is called contrast detection. It works by looking for the contrast, the difference, between areas of light. Still taking a picture of an object as small as a hepatica bloom less than an inch across requires the photographer to develop skill and have patience.
In a way our eyes work the same way that a camera interprets light to create a clear, sharp image. How you focus your eyes, where you gaze, illuminates your thoughts. When we set our focus on God his love dispels the darkness of the world. But is easy to get drawn out of focus. It takes effort to develop our contrast detection autofocus abilities. When we do allow our focus to be drawn to God we see his beauty and the beauty of his world. It changes us from the inside. His light illuminates us and we can be a light in the darkness of this world. Prayer Father of Heavenly Light Help us hone our focus on you. Open our eyes to your beauty. Illuminate our souls so that we can see where we can best meet the needs of others in the world. Amen
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