Attention Deficit?

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”

2 Corinthians 3:17-18 

 

I was talking with a friend, a while back, who had her young child with her.  As we sat and talked, her child would holler, "Mommy, LOOK AT ME!" every time some activity was being performed.  The more we talked, the more insistent the child became that Mommy needed to LOOK AT ME.  When we were children, we wanted that attention and to be recognized for everything we did.  We even played the "Guess what I did?" game (or was that just me?).

 

As we got older, we became more self-reliant and did not need the constant attention...Right?  Yet take a look around before you answer that.  How many times and ways do we still seek the constant need for attention and want others to focus their attention on us.  

 

C.S. Lewis said, "Don't shine so others can see you. Shine so, through you, others can see God."  Isn't that what we should be doing?  Pointing others to Christ?