Peoples of the earth,
Human beings look at appearances,
but the Lord looks at the heart.
This is how God discerns:
not by strength,
not by stature,
but by the truth of the heart.
Samuel thought he recognized the king
in the appearance of Eliab.
But God sets aside what shines too quickly.
He chooses the youngest,
the one no one expected,
the one keeping the sheep in silence.
Peoples of the world,
peace too is often left outside.
It seems too humble,
too fragile,
too slow.
People prefer visible power,
systems that dominate,
forces that reassure.
But God does not see as humans see.
And the Spirit of the Lord comes upon David.
Later, on the road, another excluded man appears:
a man blind from birth.
Around him people debate.
They search for someone to blame.
They ask: “Who sinned?”
But Jesus refuses this logic.
He does not see a culprit.
He sees a place where light may appear.
He touches the closed eyes,
and the man returns seeing.
The miracle is simple,
yet the shock is immense.
Because seeing changes everything.
To see is not only to open the eyes of the body.
It is to learn to look differently.
There is a blindness worse than that of the eyes:
the blindness of a heart that refuses light.
The healed man holds only one simple truth:
“I was blind, and now I see.”
And that is enough.
Peoples of the earth,
the peace of the world begins there:
when the eyes of the heart open,
when truth becomes light,
when humanity stops accusing
and begins to see.
The Lord is our shepherd.
Even in dark valleys
he prepares a table of peace.
Inner reset phrase:
Christ opens my eyes: I choose to see with truth, and my heart learns peace.
Then peoples will recognize one another.
Then light will scatter fear.
Then peace will grow again upon the earth.