Sight of Love

"For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes" Ps. 26:3.

The New Living Translation reads, "I am constantly aware of Your unfailing love. David reveals his secret for endurance through adverse circumstances -- perspective. Everything he views comes into focus through the lens of God's love. The characters of circumstance blur in the background drawing attention to the clear image of Sovereign grace.
Without the correct lens, the characters draw too much attention to themselves, detracting from the image that is meant to be accented. Yet the Lord has provided the lens of His love as a means by which we might see every aspect of our lives as an occasion for His glory. Every believer possesses this lens, but must choose to make use of it. Often, the knowledge of its quality and the initial desire for its outcome are soon overpowered by competitors offering deceivingly appealing perspectives.
My lens has been both challenged and put to use this week. The strains of a competitive graduate school at a secular university provide many opportunities to either use or neglect this lense. And my "practice pains" have risen to a new level, but just in time for me to read this verse this morning! I am grateful to the Lord for His grace in allowing me to see His love in my difficulties.