AUGUST 21

PSALM 101:3

                               NOTHING EVIL BEFORE ME!

“Look, Dad.” Nat held out the camera his mother had brought home. “ This camera says ‘automatic focus.’ What does that mean?”

“It means that no matter how close or far you are from your subject, you won’t have to adjust anything to make each picture come out clearly,” explained Dad. “ There’s a little mechanism at the front of this camera that automatically opens or closes the shutter to let in just the right amount of light, too.”

Nat held the camera up to his eye and looked through it. “You know what?” he asked. “My science teacher says our eyes work a lot like a camera does. She says the colored part of the eye is like the shutter. It’s called the iris, and when the light is real bright, it makes the pupil get smaller. When it’s dark, the iris opens up wide to let more light through the pupil.”

“ That’s interesting, isn’t it?” Mom joined in the conversation. “I read somewhere that the eye also has a lens that allows things far away to be in focus, as well as things close up.”

“ The eyes God has given us are unique,” added Dad. “ They not only take pictures for us, but like a camera, they also record the pictures they take. The pictures taken with a camera are recorded on a film, and the pictures taken by your eyes are recorded on your brain.”

“Wow! I never thought about my eyes recording a picture on my brain,” said Nat.“But that’s what happens,”said Dad.“ That’s why your mother and I don’t allow you to read certain books or watch certain TV programs. We want your brain to be imprinted with better things.”

“ That’s right,” agreed Mom. “We should be careful to use the cameras in our heads to record good pictures.” She smiled as she added, “And let’s be sure to thank God for our eyes and the wonderful way they work.”

Thought: What are your eyes seeing? Do they see things that leave a good impression on your brain? Does what they see cause you to think on things that are true, honest, just, pure, and lovely?
Prayer: Heavenly Father, help me to appreciate the wonderful gift of sight and thank You for it. I pray I’d use my eyes to look at things that are good and wholesome and pure! I pray in Jesus’ name – amen.