Windows

Like windows to my soul,
My frontlets need be closed
to the things that let in all the cold.
What I choose to see
is what I choose to be
and the choice is mine to uphold.

Wash my eyes, Oh King
from the dust and filth
that can distort my point of view.
Make the colors of my life
an acceptable hue
and the pupils of my heart
eternally see-through.


Psalms 101:3 says, "I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes, I hate the work of them that turn aside. It shall not cleave to me." That verse was written in a time when in order to see something with your eyes you had to physically see a situation in real life. It even more should be applied today in an age where television, the internet, and other forms of electronic devises can spue out so much filth that can be seen with our eyes on a daily basis by the press of a button. Our eyes are the "windows" to our soul therefore we should guard what we see so that our souls wont be effected. Not only what we physically see but also how we choose to view situations is also questioned in the poem. It is important for christians to guard what they watch. Windows are for looking out but also for looking IN. People need to see purity in us and not second-hand dirt that we picked up while watching something ungodly.