Like many who watched the recent Abby Johnson bio-pic Unplanned (based on Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader’s Eye-Opening Journey across the Life Line), I was startled by the utter contradiction of a joy-filled baby shower being held in the same site where dozens of babies lives were lost that very day, dismembered and discarded as biological waste. Not only did Abby and her friends and co-workers fail to recognize the humanity of every child in the womb, but they condemned each to death according to the mother’s wishes.

At the same time, in the midst of a Lenten Bible study (No Greater Love: A Biblical Walk through Christ’s Passion by Edward Sri), I struggled to comprehend the failure of the Jewish people (especially the Sandhedrin) to recognize the Messiah they’d long awaited standing before them. Not only did they not recognize Him, but they condemned Him to death.

I’ve long had difficulty reconciling disingenuous behavior and the gaping discrepancies between who one purports to be and who one is. I guess it’s the gap between values and virtues.

What rattles me most is the lingering fear that I have such a blind spot. That the hypocrisy plain to those around me is hidden behind a veil created by my own sinfulness.

Where am I blinded to the Truth? Open my eyes, Lord. #HolyWeek Share on X

Have my sins dulled my heart so much that I, too, fail to recognize the truth? Isn’t that what the devil, the father of lies, does? He cloaks putrefaction in a seductive package, and, in our weakness, we are fooled.

In Black Bottle Man by Craig Russell, the devil personified roams the countrysides unrecognized, selling his tempting wares to those desperate to fulfill their own desires and become gods of their own making.

But there is one God, one Truth.

God help me when I fail to recognize Him in those whose lives cross my path.

God help me when I rationalize the miracles He works in my life.

God help me when my desperation for control, power, or pleasure blind me to Him.

God, rent the veil, lift the sin-created blinders from my eyes that I may recognize You.

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