For now we see in a mirror, dimly…Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known… ICorinthians 13: 12
Perhaps because I cannot see everything, I appreciate what I can see – and recognize that even on the clearest of days I cannot see it all.
What limits my vision may help me love what I can see, even when I know I am not seeing everything. What limits my vision may also help me love what I cannot see. After all, if what I see is any indication, imperfect as it is and imperfect as I am, what I cannot see is bound to hold something mysterious, imperfect, and lovable.
Letting go of what doesn’t matter: The assumption that I need to see all that life offers in its entirety before I can love it.
Loving what does: Everything.
That “now I know in part” is the perfect epigraph for this piece. And you’re helping us to love what is partial, incomplete, not yet perfect–in other words, Reality.
Thanks, David. I figure it’s love what is partially known or there won’t be anything to love…peace, Johnna