Blind Spots
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If we really want to grow spiritually, there's one uncomfortable truth that we have to come to grips with first, and that's the reality that we don't see things as they really are. I think that's part of the reason why we live in such a hyper-opinionated culture because everyone has an opinion about everything because everyone thinks they see things as they really are. The truth is we don't see things as they really are and the reason is because we’ve got blind spots. I need my wife to take me aside from time to time and say, "Matthew, you're working too much." I need my wife to take me aside from time to time and say, "Matthew, you were too hard on Walter today. You’ve got to remember he's only five." I've got all these past experiences. Most of them good, some of them bad. But out of all those past experiences, I've got biases. I've got prejudices. I've got blind spots. I've got fears. And then I see the future ahead and I've got hopes and dreams for the future and they give me blind spots too. And all these blind spots, they stop me from seeing myself as I really am. They stop me from seeing you as you really are. They stop me from seeing situations as they really are. I don't see everything as it really is and that becomes a point of humility. And out of that humility comes something that we don't talk about anywhere near enough and that is a docility. Docility towards the movements of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Allowing God to direct us. Allowing God to show us things as they really are and that humility is essential if God's going to lead us in powerful ways and God wants to lead you in powerful ways.
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Si realmente queremos crecer espiritualmente, hay una verdad incómoda que tenemos que aceptar primero, y es la realidad de que no vemos las cosas tal y como son. Creo que esa es parte de la razón por la que vivimos en una cultura tan obstinada donde la gente tiene una opinión acerca de casi todo, pues piensan que ven las cosas como realmente son. La verdad es que no vemos las cosas como realmente son y la razón es que todos tenemos puntos ciegos. Necesito que mi esposa me lleve a un lado de vez en cuando y me diga: «Matthew, estás trabajando demasiado». Necesito que mi esposa me aparte cada cierto tiempo y me diga: «Matthew, hoy fuiste muy duro con Walter. Tienes que recordar que solo tiene cinco años». Tengo en el pasado todas estas experiencias. La mayor parte buenas, algunas malas. Pero más allá, esas experiencias han implicado sesgos y prejuicios, puntos ciegos, temores. Y luego veo el futuro que se avecina y tengo esperanzas y sueños que también conllevan puntos ciegos. Y estos puntos ciegos me impiden ver las situaciones tal y como son. No veo todo como realmente es y eso se vuelve un punto de humildad. Y de esta humildad surge algo de lo que no hablamos lo suficiente y es la docilidad. Docilidad hacia los movimientos del Espíritu Santo en nuestra vida. Permitiendo que Dios nos dirija. Permitiendo que Dios nos muestre las cosas como realmente son. Y esa humildad es esencial si Dios va a conducirnos de maneras poderosas y Dios quiere conducirte de maneras poderosas.
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Today’s reflection content is taken from Chapter 30 of Matthew Kelly’s book: Rediscover Jesus