I’ve been thinking about the truth of this phrase taken from Mark 4:12 because of several stories patients have shared with me over the last few months.
· The women who said she didn’t realize how bad her mom’s dementia was until her mom couldn’t find her way home from the grocery store
· The gentleman who said he never thought the shortness of breath and pain in his shoulder could be heart problems
· The dad who said he had no idea his son was doing drugs until he was stopped for speeding and arrested for the possession of illegal drugs
· The grandma who said she was floored to find out her grandchildren’s anger issues were caused by them being abused
In each of these real life situations the person telling me the story admitted that looking back they could see the evidence that pointed to a problem but it just never registered with them. Aren’t we all that way? We look right past the facts seeing what we want to see and hearing what we want to hear. We want easy and happy lives so we believe what we want to believe instead of seeing and hearing and believing what is really true.
All these stories have made me wonder in what situations am I seeing but not perceiving and hearing but not understanding the truth? How have I accepted the broken as the norm because I don’t want my easy and happy life messed up? What am I accepting as true because I’m fearful of the unknown?
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