Familiarity deserves another look. Attentive seeing often reveals more than we expected to find. There is more.
Lord, Let Me See
A Walk with the God Who Sees Us
What if learning to see begins with discovering that you have already been seen?
Lord, Let Me See is an invitation to slow down, return to familiar stories of Scripture, and look again—to notice the people, details, and movements of Christ we may have passed by before.
Because familiarity is not fullness. There is always more of Christ to behold.
And from the safety of His attentive gaze, we begin to see differently—and, perhaps, to walk differently.
Come walk.
Meet Carol
Carol Beyer Wilkins is an educator, writer, and lifelong learner drawn to the things we miss when we move too quickly. Her writing explores Scripture, attention, learning, and the ways we encounter God and one another in ordinary life. She is part of the faith family at Meadow Brook Baptist Church, where her life in community continues to shape the way she sees, serves, and writes.
Her first book, Lord, Let Me See, grew from a simple prayer: Lord God, let me see what You see in all things. She writes as someone still learning to look—and invites readers to slow down, look again, and discover that there is always more to see.
STORIES
From the Cabinet
Reflections on Scripture, seeing, learning, and the ordinary things that invite another look.
The God Who Sees Me
What if learning to see begins with discovering that we have already been seen? Hagar’s encounter with El Roi—the God who sees me—has changed the way I understand the prayer, Lord, let me see.
What Have I Decided I Already Know?
What if the problem isn’t that what we know is wrong—but that we’ve mistaken what we know for the whole?
When Familiarity Becomes a Kind of Blindness
Sometimes the things we know best are the things we stop looking at closely. What might we discover—in Scripture, in one another, and in Christ—if we were willing to look again?
KEEP LOOKING WITH ME