Perspective

If you look on my other blog, you'll see pictures of a short holiday I just came back from, here in Taiwan.

Very close to where we stayed was a Buddhist temple, complete with what I heard was the world's largest bronze Buddha.

Standing underneath it, I could believe that. It's huge. Imposing.

But all you have to do is walk for five minutes to a tower, and this Buddha loses its wow-factor and is swallowed by the mountains.

Go even further, and the mountains fill your vision. All you see of the Buddha is this dull glint.

What can seem massive and imposing in our lives may not be as big as we think it is. How can we discipline ourselves more to step back a bit and see these issues surrounded by God, as they are?

Depending on where you stand and how you look, you will get a totally different perspective on what is dominating your view.

Do you know the song where the one line goes:

'And in His presence, our problems disappear'?

I don't like singing that because I don't think it's true.

However, in His presence, our problems do gain perspective, and I guarantee they're nothing as big as He is!