{"id":389,"date":"2012-12-03T12:49:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T18:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katrinamcghee.com\/?p=389"},"modified":"2017-04-09T13:42:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T18:42:23","slug":"looking-through-the-eyes-of-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/2012\/12\/03\/looking-through-the-eyes-of-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Through The Eyes of the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-392 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/christopher-duffley.jpg?w=275\" alt=\"Christopher Duffley\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/>At just 10 years old, Christopher Duffley has a gift that mesmerizes, encourages and inspires all at once. Yesterday at church as he stood before us singing <i>Open the Eyes of My Heart<\/i> it was as if all of heaven stood still and took notice. Christopher was singing his heart out to God, and God in turn was filling him with His love. It was the sweetest communion I had ever witnessed. You just felt better being in the midst.<\/p>\n<p>To hear Christopher\u2019s story is to know that miracles still happen. Born prematurely to drug addicted parents he was placed in the foster system until his aunt and uncle found him and brought him home. Several months later they would find out that he was blind; a few years later, autistic. It could not have been easy. But they chose to love him, and in doing so shared with him their love of God and of music. At the young age of 4 he began to sing \u2013 before he could even talk. His first song was <i>Open the Eyes of My Heart <\/i>\u2013 an amazing testimony for a child the world believes cannot see. Since then he\u2019s learned to play multiple instruments and has what they call perfect pitch. I don\u2019t know about you, but I am blown away by how perfectly God has used him in his weakness.<\/p>\n<p>I left church filled with so much hope and determination that I just had to share it with you. If Christopher can be all that God has called him to be despite the challenges, why can\u2019t we? He refuses to be limited by a past that he couldn\u2019t control, a present that is less than what we deem ideal, or a future that is at best, uncertain. He is simply living each day to the fullest. What do you suppose would happen if we let go of all the things we couldn\u2019t control and just lived?<\/p>\n<p>I tell you one thing, I have a lot less excuses of why I can\u2019t do something than I did before yesterday morning. Christopher was such an awesome reminder that with God, anything is possible. No matter what came before or what is ahead, God is with us in this moment. Our obstacles don\u2019t mean a thing to Him. Just trust, and open the eyes of your heart so that you can see Him.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this video of Christopher inspires you as much as it did me. Peace and Blessings!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='640' height='360' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IkgbDu9iDqo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At just 10 years old, Christopher Duffley has a gift that mesmerizes, encourages and inspires all at once. Yesterday at church as he stood before us singing Open the Eyes of My Heart it was as if all of heaven stood still and took notice. 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