Topic: COLOR
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When I was small my favorite color was yellow- dandelion yellow. Over the years my taste has refined my favorite shade to hues of green, red and blue. Color has always been a means of expression for me so when I married a man who sees it differently, literally, it was a bit of culture shock.
He is color blind.
His blues are greens and his reds are purple and to him that is all there is. We argued tooth and nail over what color a shirt was or what shade a paint color appeared when we were first married. I stopped arguing with him when I recognized that it is his perspective that I need to break into my all-to-often black and white world. This girl who loves color can often wear monochromatic glasses. He is color blind, but I am regularly stricken with soul-blindness. I desperately need his different way of seeing me and our circumstances in all their various shades. His eyes transpose my often black and white view into a rainbow of color.
He believes in me.
He wants more for me.
He pulls and pulls at this stubborn gal to extract all the color he can.
The colors he sees in me are so much more than what I see in myself.
STOP!
It is a beautiful thing to be reminded of a different perspective!
ReplyDeleteThat has to be difficult and interesting to try to talk color with someone who is color blind. It is interesting the way you mention soul-blindness. There could be more exploration done on that topic. Well done.
ReplyDeleteHi Jessica! I love what you said "This girl who loves color can often wear monochromatic glasses" That is so true for many of us. I love how God uses what we may call a "weakness or defect" to actually be a blessing.
ReplyDeleteKind of like how He came in a stable. We "color lovers" quite possibly would have painted a much more divine story than a stable.
Love your post and sweet spirit.
Blessings
~Robin