Seeing What Is Hidden

In today’s world we always have the temptation to want to be seen and known. And sometimes we even portray someone we are not. Sometimes we do things or say things just to get noticed or to be praised, even when it’s not something that comes from our hearts. All this we do because we want to be heard and to be loved.

Sometimes we get misunderstood, and I think that’s one of the most distressing experiences because you mean well but it’s being taken as something else.  It’s a most horrible feeling. Even when those around us may misunderstand us, God does not. He knows our intentions. God sees all that we do and all our efforts, even when others can’t see them or refuse to see them, God sees them. God sees what other cannot see – God sees what is hidden, God looks into the depths of our hearts and then looks at us with the eyes of love, telling us, “I know. It’s okay, I know. I see you. I am here with you. I love you.”

At the end of the day, we do what we do because we hope to somehow feel noticed and loved. The truth of the matter is that we do not need to do anything out of the ordinary – God already notices us. However, if we seek the praise and notice of humans and root our happiness in that, then we will never truly be happy because what we truly desire human praise cannot give. What we truly desire is what is hidden, something only the Father and those in Him can see – the love of God. May we today ponder the mystery of what is hidden and strive to see what is hidden with the eyes of faith.