My Father's Eyes

“Be kind to one another, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:32)

When the Holy Spirit lives within us He enables us to be like our Father. Kindness and forgiveness are two of our Father’s attributes we should embrace as we seek to be like our Father. “My Father’s Eyes,” is a song that was made popular by Amy Grant several years ago. It voices my wish to be like “my Father.”

My Father’s Eyes
Eric Clapton

I may not be every mother's dream for her little girl.
And my face may not grace the mind of everyone in the world.
But that,s alright as long as I can have one wish, I pray,
When people look inside my life, I wanna hear them say,

She's got her father's eyes,
Her father's eyes,
Eyes that find the good in things when good is not around.
Eyes that find the source of help, when help just can't be found.
Eyes full of compassion, seein' every pain,
Knowing what you're going through, and feelin' it the same.

Just like my father's eyes,
my father's eyes,

On that day when we will pay for all the deeds we've done,
Good and bad they'll all be had to see by everyone,
And when you're called to stand and tell just what you saw in me,
More than anything I know, I want your words to be,

She had her father's eyes, her father's eyes
eyes that found the good in things when good was not around,
eyes that found the source of help when help would not be found.
Eyes full of compassion, seein' every pain,
Knowin' what you're goin' through and feelin it the same.

When we discover the grace to forgive we will also discover the grace to be kind.