Take Off your Goggles!

Just came back from a short stay on the shores of the picturesque Red Sea. The beauty of sea life and the amazing colored corals and fish put at shame any "Haute couture" designer. To entertain their guests, our hotel installed an inflatable Slide (زحليقة) there in the depth of the sea, at a 10 mins swim. Farida had one goal: Spending most of her time around that Slide, and obviously in that depth I had to be there with her. Finishing lunch she pulled me to go back to the slide as promised. On our way swimming, I put my goggles (نظارة مياة) to enjoy the beauty of the under water sights on the way..There I found the most stunning fish, shining its colours all over, it trapped me with its beauty and I decided to follow its path..Farida realized that we were deviating and drifting away from our path. She pulled me back and pointed at the slide in a way to tell me "Lets get back on track"! She was right...couple of minutes later I found an amazing coral formation...I stopped and went around it fully hypnotized...totally forgetting the Slide! Only then She lost her patience and found a solution to this distracted father, she asked me firmly to "Take off my GOGGLES" as she knew without them, this underwater world wont trap me again, and I wouldnt be losing sight of our goal, nor wasting time heading towards our destination, the slide! 

SIMPLE, EASY and IT WORKED!

Oh how many times we need to take off our Distracting Goggles of life...How many times we decided to fight temptation in our lives yet we put the goggles on just to act upon them...We make way for the weakness to conquer and for the sin to grow just by preparing the environment for it and putting the goggles on...and later wonder why did we deviate and wander away off The Road...Away of LIFE in its FULLEST FORM..Far from HIM!

May we Pray with David out loud: Lord, 

“Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity (idols and idolatry); and restore me to vigorous life and health in Your ways.” Psalm 119:37
“حَوِّلْ عَينَيَّ عن النَّظَرِ إلَى الباطِلِ. في طريقِكَ أحيِني.” المَزاميرُ 119:37

Whenever you are weak, TAKE OFF YOUR GOGGLES..They will just Distract you Further!!

Keep Shining my friends!