The Golden Doesn’t Rule…

For several years I’ve worn these big sunglasses that fit over my regular glasses. I wear ‘em until one of the earpieces snaps in two and then I buy another pair. A few weeks ago, I needed some some new shades, so I stopped at a drugstore. I found a pair, slipped them on to make sure they fit, then paid for them and got in the car. That’s when I noticed I had bought a different type of sunglasses; these were the kind that block out everything blue and give everything a golden hue. Even on cloudy, overcast days, it looks sunny through these glasses. But the whole world seems to be yellow, red or black. No other colors exist.
Looking at the world through gold-colored glasses may seem like a good idea; it’s sunny all the time! But it’s artificial. It reminds me of some people I’ve known who would always say things like, “Well, praise the Lord anyway!” when something bad happened. The same people who say, “It was God’s will” when somebody dies.
Here’s the deal. The world is not always sunny. Sometimes you’re gonna have the blues … and those golden glasses don’t reveal the truth, they only color it. I had to go back to the store a week later and find another pair of shades, some that didn’t try to make everything bright and golden. See, the answer is not in coloring your blues. It’s in seeing them as they are and being able to keep going anyway. Walking in the Light doesn’t make everything beautiful; it makes everything visible and then provides the strength to walk through it.
Silence may be golden. But not everything else is. If you can’t see the blues, the gold isn’t going to mean much. If you try to make everything gold, you won’t be able to see the real gold when it’s in front of you. I long to see things as they are … and then move forward.