When we ‘re-frame,’ we invariable have to have a look at things from a very different perspective, to see it all through another’s eyes, to see it framed or re-framed, so that we can clearly see what they so clearly see, ‘If you could only see what I see!’ Often out in Scenic Reserves, one will come across a huge brass picture frame, and when one gazes through the frame, we find a spectacular view all framed perfectly for us, and if the concept is to be viewed in a very specific manner, just as the designer had in mind, then there is a bench, a rock, a stool, a something for you to be seated upon, to then gaze through the frame, and then you can perfectly see it through the artists eyes, ‘If you could only see what I see!’ Maybe if we ‘Re-Frame,’ we might ‘Refrain’ from trying to press our personal bias and opinions onto the subject, we will see things from another’s perspective, through another’s eyes, another angle, we will get a new point of view, cross the floor, just to see what another was wanting us to see and to experience for ourselves, a ‘Re-Framed,’ a new perspective, to see things through another’s eyes, a new and better point of view.
If you take a ‘Victim’ and an ‘Offender,’ or to be in a Court setting, and to hear and to see the case presented by the Defense Lawyer, as well as the case presented by the Prosecution Lawyer; Both are trying to frame the same event, but the two views are often so vastly different, one then wonders if they are actually talking about two totally separate events. Your past, if it was “Re-Framed,” then what would it look like, a ‘Victim’ or an ‘Offender?’ Now to leave your past, in the ‘Past,’ looking at the ‘big picture,’ you cannot ever change the past, you cannot even change the other person, but you can change yourself, but then you can also very easily change what rattles you, you can change what gets under your skin, that which enrages you, re-framing most likely will change and transform your future, so start forgiving, and then start forgetting the pettiness of the past. Jude 1:21 “Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.” Hebrews 12:2a “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith;” We need to ‘Re-Frame,’ as it were, and to soak more often in the Hot-Tub of God’s Love. It is the cycle of life, for in this life you actually create your environment, and then your environment in turn creates you, when you make a change in your habits and activities, you will then find that all things in your life will also immediately change, for planning without execution is just pure fantasy. 2 Corinthians 9:8 “And God [is] able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may abound to every good work:”
Now for the ‘Trillion Dollar Question,’ now that I see that you are in a difficult situation, so what can I do to help you out, just let me help, can I lend a helping hand, can I step up and help share, can I sit with you awhile, do you need a hug, do you need a shoulder to cry on, can I walk with you a while, right there beside you, can I help to bear your burden, do you need a “Re Frame?” Amos 3:3 “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” Be a ‘Love Magnet,’ so do not belittle, be compassionate, caring, I am not going anywhere, I’m not leaving you or abandoning you, I am here, help me to understand where you are coming from, put me in the picture alongside of you, ‘Re-Frame’ things for me so that I can see it from your eyes. Be a ‘Joy-Germ’ and always be happy and buoyant, kind and considerate. We must always live just how you want people to remember you by, what then would your “Eulogy” read like, let us not let any opportunities pass us by, let us ‘Jesus-Love’ one another all the time, even those unlovable ones. In this story, friends became a couple, became married, loved the great outdoors, did heaps together in the Great Outdoors, and proudly in their lounge was a large ornate framed picture of them both together at their very favorite happy place out there in nature. Well after the split and divorce, the picture went along with the lady of the house, but how would it look, well it was ‘Re-Framed,’ exactly the same amazing scene and background, the frame was now just a little bit smaller, and one person was completely cropped out, the ‘Re-Frame’ had displayed only her, and her happy place, ‘Re-Frame’ out the hurt, and re-focus on the good, framing in all the delightful and the positive. What do you need to ‘Re-Frame’ out of your life, or to ‘Re-Fame’ back into your life, so that you have ‘A New Point of View,’ to see things from another perspective, do you need to walk a mile in their moccasins, or maybe you should frame everything in with just Jesus and You, there all snuggled up together, very dear friends, totally comfortable in each other’s company, compatible, besties, just Jesus and me, for friends are friends forever, if the Lord is Lord of them, everything properly and correctly “Re Farmed.”
‘If you could only see what I see!’ Maybe if we ‘Re-Frame,’ we might ‘Refrain’ from trying to press our personal bias and opinions onto the subject at hand, we will also see things from another’s perspective, through another’s eyes, another angle, we will get a new point of view, cross the floor, just to see what another was wanting us to see all along, and to experience for ourselves, a ‘Re-Framed,’ a new perspective, to see things through another’s eyes, a new point of view, nicely ‘Re-Framed.’
