Sunday, January 27th, 2008...4:58 pm
The Reality of Angles
Have you ever noticed that objects or things look different from different angles? The angle in which you look at the new Honda Accord…it might look a little like a popular German sedan. Maybe the angle of how you take pictures of yourself. Some of you might like the angle from the left…maybe the right. Or…maybe the angle from above is the best. How about those crazy pictures that if you look at them just the right way, or at the right angle you see something that you don’t see from other angles. (I personally NEVER see that stupid thing!)
Today I had an opportunity to see life from a different angle. I would like to take a moment and thank my friend Paul for allowing me to adjust my angle for a few hours and see life a little differently. See, Paul is homeless and in America without a green card. That being the case, he still has an a amazing story, and God is doing amazing things through Paul. Today I was able to adjust my perspective a bit, and see life from a different angle…and it was amazing and very eye opening.
The reality is friends….we look at life from a vary, vary narrow angle. It is times like today, with Paul that I am able to realize that my angle, and perspective on life is ridiculously narrow. You see, everything that I do, say and see is from my ridiculously narrow angle. The way I look a politics, the way I look at my family, and most of all, the way I look at God. The Reality of Angles! I am really trying to widen mine…how about you?
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January 27th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
[...] Terry Storch wrote a fantastic post today on “The Reality of Angles”Here’s ONLY a quick extractThe angle in which you look at the new Honda Accord…it might look a little like a popular German sedan. Maybe the angle of how you take pictures of yourself. Some of you might like the angle the left…maybe the right. … [...]
January 27th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Very interesting – I goto Harvestokc.com – a OKC based church – and the message today was – Global / local perspective. We mostly live our lives in a magnified state and dont really realize the global view God has for our lives , country , world.
I think God is trying to get us as christians to open up our way of seeing our place in this world.
January 27th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Paul has really had an impact on a lot of people. It’s crazy how one little thing or one person can cause so many people to rethink their perspective on everything.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Great post, Terry! It reminds me of Proverbs 18:17, “The first to present his case seems right, till another comes forward and questions him”. It’s always eye-opening to see things through another’s eyes– especially someone in a different socioeconomic situation. Thanks for sharing this.
January 29th, 2008 at 7:04 am
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.
—Mark Twain—
A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding Nothing strips the varnish off life like a trip outside of the US.
I spent a week in San Pedro Guatemala, and not one day was the best last day to get the lowest price on the new car I didn’t need There was a ‘live and let live’ atmosphere for all. The dogs don’t go after the cats, seriously, might be drugs involved. Or they figured out Wi-Fi and Starbucks isn’t a big deal. Just open the door, the world will come in.
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