Long before Thoreau, Jesus asked the crowds a similar question: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at?”And then, what did you go out to see?
The Greek uses two different words here. Theaomai means to look: to gaze upon, to behold. Eido means to see: to truly perceive what’s in front of you. We can look at something our whole lives and never really see it.
People have been looking at the same scripture for centuries, and we still don’t agree on what we’re seeing. Paul said that for now we see “in a mirror, dimly.” His word was ainigma, a riddle. Someday we’ll see clearly and know fully, even as we are fully known. Until then, we’re all working on the riddle.
So do we solve more of it by surrounding ourselves only with people who see exactly what we see?
Or do we see more clearly when we share the table with those who see differently?
One thing I love about AgGrandize Global is that we work to welcome people who don’t always see what we see, and I believe that practice helps all of us see a little better.