The Cane

I don’t remember where my mother originally got the cane, but it was likely at a yard sale. It was black and a bit ugly, to be honest. But it traveled around and was used for many years.

If anyone else would have had that cane, there’s a good chance it would have wound up in the dump. But my mother doesn’t make a habit of trashing much of anything.

One day my mother took a closer look at the cane. She discovered that the reason why the cane was black was because it was wrapped with electrical tape. After all those years, my mother felt the need to investigate and she started peeling away the tape. She unraveled the entire layer covering the cane from top to bottom.

Underneath my mother discovered a beautiful, gold cane. For so long she carried around something ugly, while she actually held a treasure and didn’t even know it.

This reminds me that there is so much goodness around us. There is goodness in our lives. There is goodness inside ourselves. There is goodness inside our loved ones and the people we encounter.

Yet many times we focus on the negative. Often we can’t see beyond the tape that is wrapped around the situations we face and the people in our lives.. 

Like my mother did with the cane, we need to take a closer look. We need to pause and look at the bigger picture. Our human eyes don’t always see things with the right perspective. Sometimes we have to ask God to help us see things the way He sees them. We have to ask God to help open our eyes to the goodness around us and to the beauty around us.

Let us make an effort to keep our eyes open for God‘s goodness. Let us take the time to look for the beauty inside ourselves. Let us remember to always look for the good in the people around us. And in each situation we face, may we remember that there is always something to be thankful for.

“The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” – 1 Samuel 16:7b NIV

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” – Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” – 2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV

“Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.” – Psalm 34:8 NIV

Thank you for reading. God bless. 🙏🏻

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