by Dr. Nicolas Ellen, ACBC Certified Biblical Counselor and Fellow
What Lens Are You Looking Through?
Correcting Your Vision and Lifestyle through the Lens of Proverbs 3:5–6
My family enjoys taking pictures. We have pictures of food, fellowships, travel—you name it. These pictures remind us of the who, what, when, where and how in our family dynamic. Sometimes the pictures come out blurry and distorted. When that happens, we view our past experiences from a distorted perspective.
As we deal with the pandemic, the racial tensions, the political partisanship, the financial challenges, and culture wars that are happening before our eyes, we must check the lens of our soul to make sure we do not have a distorted view of what is around us. A distorted view will cause us to live according to what seems right and sounds right according to our own understanding, rather than God’s.
How do we develop a distorted view? I believe a distorted view of life grows through four basic steps…