Yesterday while riding a local bicycling trail, my husband and I decided to stop to rest by a lovely spring in the shade. Dave read aloud its description from a trail map he’d picked up at the entrance; it emphasized that a large rock nearby resembled a buffalo, but that one’s “imagination may lead you to another conclusion.”
I looked hard in the direction of the supposed formation, but could not make it out. Just as I was about to give up and move on, one particular rock seemed to stand out amidst all the others. It may have been that the sunlight hit the bluff just right but whatever it was, the shape of a buffalo was suddenly apparent.
Its unforeseen and then sudden revelation makes me realize how a shift in perspective can change everything. Maybe it is because a light of sorts makes what was hidden suddenly obvious. Whatever it was, I’m glad I finally discerned a different point of view; it was as though I had new eyes to see.
And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales, and suddenly he received sight, and arose ~Acts 9:18
