The Apples In Our Eyes

Followers of Jesus – the church, collectively – ought to be so
close to everybody that there is no one who is not in the “apple”
of the eye of a follower of Jesus. It’s not a perfect analogy – the
Bible portrays God’s people as being in God’s eye – but it seems
fair that God’s image bearers who are far from Him should be in the
eyes of His image bearers who are near to Him and filled with His
spirit and truth.