I was in a conversation yesterday about Lenten disciplines. My conversation partner shared with me, “In the past I have given something up, only to forget after a few days. This year, I took on having a differing attitude.” When I asked how it was going, the response was positive. “I can really tell a difference.”
One of the Greek words used for “faith” is visio. Easily translated as “vision,” this is more than some vision one might have of future events. It can refer to the way in which one sees the world. It has been compared to seeing the world as Christ sees the world.
Changing one’s attitude can easily be translated into visio. Taking on the discipline of seeing as Christ sees, changes how we perceive everything around us. We see transgression as an opportunity for forgiveness to be expressed; we see anger as the outgrowth of insecurity.
We may not be able to change the images which form on our retina, but we can choose how we will interpret what we see. Changing our attitude changes so much about how we respond to what we see.
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