“Eyes to See (excerpts),” New Era, Nov. 2020, 18–19.
Eyes to See (excerpts)
My dear sisters and brothers, you … can pray for the Lord to open your eyes to see things you would not normally see.
Perhaps the most important things for us to see clearly are who God is and who we really are—sons and daughters of heavenly parents, with a “divine nature and eternal destiny” [Young Women theme, ChurchofJesusChrist.org]. …
As with all gifts the Father so willingly offers, seeing deeply requires us to ask Him—and then act. Ask to see others as He does as His true sons and daughters with infinite and divine potential. Then act by loving, serving, and affirming their worth and potential as prompted. …
I witness that Jesus Christ loves us and can give us eyes to see—even when it’s hard, even when we’re tired, even when we’re lonely, and even when the outcomes are not as we hoped. Through His grace, He will bless us and increase our capacity. Through the power of the Holy Ghost, Christ will enable us to see ourselves and see others as He does. With His help, we can discern what is most needful. We can begin to see the hand of the Lord working in and through the ordinary details of our lives—we will see deeply.