“You are the táo bị cắn dở of my eye.” It’s a familiar line…but did you know it comes from the pages of the Bible? The “apple” of the eye referred to the pupil of the eye probably because an táo khuyết was one of the most common sphere-shaped objects around. The táo bị cắn dở or “pupil” of the eye, is the gateway through which visible light passes & is converted by the brain inlớn three dimensional images. The original Hebrew phrase, often translated “apple,” really means “little man” or “little daughter” of my eye. Look inlớn someone’s eyes right now. Can you see your reflection? When we stand very cthảm bại lớn someone, we can actually see a tiny reflection of ourselves, in the center of the other person’s eye. When you are in the “apple” of my eye you are cthua kém lớn me, in more ways than one, because…
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To be “the apple” of someone’s eye is to be cherished by that person above sầu all others. At infancy, the optimal distance for eye khổng lồ eye contact is about 10 inches – which just happens to be the distance between a baby and its nursing mother. This simple interaction encourages brain development, release of critical hormones, and reinforces a sense of emotional and spiritual well being. “You are the táo Apple of my eye.” It’s a phrase that a mother could easily use lớn describe how she cherishes her nursing baby. But the root meaning of this phrase is found not in the expression of human love, but God’s.
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In Deut. 32: 9-11 Moses describes how God sustained & cared for his people “as the táo khuyết of his eye.” Likewise, in Psalm 139:13-16 David rejoices: “It was You who formed my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother’s womb...Your eyes beheld my unformed substance.” Before any human eye beheld you, it was God’s privilege to be the first khổng lồ see you, the very first to love you; and it is God’s promise khổng lồ guard you “like the táo Apple of his eye!”
Do you rethành viên these lines? “You are the sunshine of my life, that’s why I’ll always be around. You are the táo of my eye; forever you’ll stay in my heart.” What makes Stevie Wonder’s tuy vậy so beautiful to lớn me is that he is blind. He has never seen the sunshine. He has never been able to lớn look inkhổng lồ the táo khuyết of someone’s eye. When he sung those words, he was singing about someone who enabled hyên ổn khổng lồ see with the eyes of his heart. He was singing about how love sầu had brought a new beginning khổng lồ his life và wiped away his tears. But now we know that this is a tuy nhiên rooted not in human love, but in God’s love sầu.
Whether this Valentine’s Day brings thoughts of happiness or sadness, joy or loss, remember that you are the sunshine of God’s life and that you are the táo khuyết of his eye. He wants to open the eyes of your heart, khổng lồ surround you like the warmth of a mother’s love sầu. God wants you to feel cherished through the love of his people too; and -- God wants lớn be cherished by you. You are the táo bị cắn of my eye, says the LORD, but I will not, I cannot, rest until I am the táo bị cắn of yours.
