FEBRUARY 3, Proverbs 3:5

As Alex, Mark, and Brenda waited for their father after church, they looked out at the parking lot through the stained glass windows near the back of the auditorium. “I see our car,” said Mark. “It’s green.”

Brenda disagreed. “No, it’s not,” she said. “It’s yellow.” “Well,” Alex said importantly, “I say you’re both wrong. It’s blue.”

Just then, Dad came up. “What’s the big discussion about, kids?” he asked. “We’re talking about the colour of our car,” explained Alex. “It’s blue, right?”

“No, green!” and “No, yellow!” were quick responses from Mark and Brenda. Dad laughed. “Looks purple to me,” he said, joining in on the joke. It was time to leave, so they went out and got into their white car.

Dad chuckled.“Okay, kids,” he said, “let’s think about something. Mark, why did each of us see our car as a different colour even though it was white all along?”“Because we each looked at it through different coloured glass,”answered Mark.

Dad nodded. “Right. Each of us had a different view of the car, but we all were wrong. That can happen in other areas of life, too. We think of something in a certain way, but we’re wrong because we’re not seeing it the right way.”

“Remember the time I complained and thought you were unfair and mean for letting Brenda and Mark go to a party without me?” asked Alex. “I guess I was seeing you through coloured glass-probably black glass-but you saw things as they really were. You knew I deserved to stay home because I hadn’t washed the car like you told me to.”

“One time Mom warned me that a game I wanted was for younger kids, but I insisted I had to have it, so she let me use my own money to buy it,” Brenda said. “Mom was right. I think that’s called looking through rose-coloured glass.”

Dad smiled. “Good thinking, kids,” he said as he turned into an estate at Ang Mo Kio. “Another thing we need to remember is that God isn’t looking at our lives through a coloured window. He sees things exactly as they are, and that’s why we can trust Him. We know He’s always fair.”

Thought: God’s view is always the best and most accurate!

Prayer: Help me, Heavenly Father, to always trust in You. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.