Give Me Your Eyes

To those of you who were wondering what "Dame Tus Ojos" meant... of those of you who understood the translation but wanted the thinking behind it, this post is for you!

The inspiration comes from a song by the Christian Latino musician Jesus Adrian Romero. The song (Dame Tus Ojos) translates "Give Me Your Eyes" and reflects the desire that God would so instill in us his own desires and to see the way that He views the world. Here is the song with it's translation. I think it pretty much speaks for itself... but I'll comment a bit more afterwards anyway.

Dame Tus Ojos (Give Me Your Eyes)

Dame tus ojos, quiero ver. (Give me Your eyes, I want to see)

Dame tus palabras, quiero hablar. (Give me Your words, I want to speak)

Dame tu parecer. (Give me Your likeness)

Dame tus pies, yo quiero ir. (Give me Your feet, I want to go)

Dame tus deseos para sentir. (Give me Your desires to feel)

Dame tu parecer. (Give me Your likeness)

PRE-CORO

Dame lo que necesito (Give me whatever I need)

Para ser como tu. (To be like You)

CORO

Dame tu voz, dame tu aliento. (Give me Your voice, Give me Your breath)

Toma mi tiempo, es para ti. (Take my time, It's for You)

Dame el camino que debo seguir. (Give me the path that I should follow)

Dame tus sueños, tus anhelos. (Give me Your dreams, Your longings)

Tus pensamientos, tu sentir. (Your thoughts, Your feelings)

Dame tu vida para vivir. (Give me Your life to live)

Dejame ver lo que tu ves. (Allow me to see what You see)

Dame de tu gracia, tu poder. (Give me Your grace, Your power)

Dame tu corazon. (Give me Your heart)

Dejame ver en tu interior. (Allow me to see inside You)

Para ser cambiado por tu amor. (So that I might be changed by Your love)

Dame tu corazon. (Give me Your heart)

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This song (and theme for my blog) is really important to me because it illustrates so well the mindset that I want to have while in Mexico and in ministry in general. It is very easy for me to fall into a rut of loving my own plans and desires too much or of allowing myself to see things from a purely human perspective... and to the casual observer I might seem to be living a decent Christ-pleasing life. However, my goal is not to pass uncensored the tests of the "casual observer," but rather to truly see the world as God sees it and to respond accordingly.

Please pray with me to that end! Dios, dame tus ojos!

If you have Facebook, you can read more of my musings on this song from last summer here: http://www.facebook.com/notes.phpid=141303959&notes_tab=app_2347471856#!/note.phpnote_id=109855012789&comments