Getting the Glare Out of Our Eyes

An acquaintance of an artist was one day invited to view a great new picture. On arrival at the artist’s home the man was ushered into a partially darkened room and left alone for some time. He felt that he was not receiving the cordial welcome which he had expected. At last the artist appeared and explained that the quiet of the darkened room was a necessary preliminary in order that his visitor might get the glare of the street out of his eyes.

Otherwise much of the beauty of the picture could never have been appreciated. The rush of events in our present-day life tends to make the Christian forget the times for quiet communion with himself and with his God; yet these times are as essential for the building up of strong Christian character as was the period in the darkened room to the artist’s friend. We must take time regularly from the rush of events if we would “get the glare of the street out of our eyes” and discover some of the deep things of God which have been unappreciated by us.