“Lift up your eyes”–look with your mind’s eye.

Why do we look up when we pray? It could be because the sky or the heavens have always hinted at something that is greater than we are. Or, looking up may be our way of turning away from what is troubling us, up and away from the natural life’s pain and burden.
In one of his last sermons, Jesus “lifted up his eyes to heaven” as he prayed (KJV John 17:1). He was talking… Continue reading →