To many, this picture is not interesting because it is not readily apparent what it is. It is not realistic. Others see that it is dried barnacles on a decaying tree limb and at least understand what it is. Yet others see the textures, shapes, patterns and actually perceive it as art. As is often said, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Faith follows a similar pattern. Some incredulously read of a virgin birth and of a sinless man rising from the dead and think “impossible”. Others believe wholeheartedly that this is indeed the truth. Although not logical, real. It all depends on how one views life itself.
Jesus eluded to this when quoting Isaiah in Matthew 13:14-15 (NIV) “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes…”. He continued teaching the disciples in verses 15-16 “But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. …many righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear and do not hear it”.
It boils down to faith. Can you see what is not visible, hear what is not audible, believe the unbelievable? Believers see more in life than is superficially apparent. They see the art.
I Found Him…in dried barnacles on a piece of driftwood.