give me Your eyes

I've been there a million times
A couple of million eyes just moving past me by
I swear i never thought that i was wrong

Well i want a second glance
So give me a second chance
To see the way you see the people all alone

Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so i can see
Everything that i keep missing
Give me your love for humanity

Give me your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach?
Give me your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me your eyes so i can see

This song has been my prayer for a long time, but the importance of being intentional in this prayer hit me really hard today.

We have had several new kids come to our Kids Club this year, but lately, it seems like soon after a new kid comes, they don't show up, move, or are unable to come anymore. The discouragement keeps coming, and the wonder of how and why we are loosing numbers in the kids coming reveals more questions. But today, after finding out that several more kids will no longer be coming broke my heart. They were the sweetest kids, always listening and responding to God's Word - and I was rather attached to them.

Their departure without being able to say good-bye caused something in my heart to click - and my head. We never know what is going to happen each day. We can assume, but we don't know for sure - only God knows. That is why I need to live every moment as if it is the last - I need to love each person as if it's the last time I see them, I need to be Christ to others, because I may not have another chance.

Our lives impact others, whether it is positive or negative. I pray that God would give me His eyes, hands, heart, and arms, that when I encounter others, whether for one second or over ten years, they don't encounter me, but they encounter Jesus.