Seeing and Hearing

Then the disciples came and asked Jesus, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For to those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. The reason I speak to them in parables is that ‘seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand.’ With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says:

‘You will indeed listen, but never understand,
and you will indeed look, but never perceive.
For this people’s heart has grown dull,
and their ears are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes;
so that they might not look with their eyes,
and listen with their ears,
and understand with their heart and turn –
and I would heal them.’

“But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.” Matthew 13:10-17

Seeing and Hearing

They stumble around on streets
ears plugs with headphones
eyes glued to a tiny screen
thinking they are multi-tasking.

Constantly hearing their music
always taking in their new feed
regularly not seeing their neighbor
always missing the possibilities.

We live in a world we consume
yet we are still hungry and yearning
full to the max and laden with devices
love and hapiness elude us all.

Hear the whisper of God's voice
found with the birdsong of morning
see the invitation of Creation
caught up in the winds of change.