This is a little exercise that my friend Dave K. added to our Blind Spot Test ice breaker. (Like the Blind Spot test it can be used for ice breaking evangelism or discipleship.)

Someone put a black dot in the middle of a white A4 piece of paper and held it up. Dave was then asked to tell them what he saw. He replied “a dot?”.

The person holding the paper said “Is that all you see? You see the dirty big black dot in the middle (which is really quite small compared to the rest of the page). You didn’t see the nice sharp crisp edges? You didn’t see the 99.8% of the page that was a perfect crisp unblemished white?”.

That is something that I am guilty of a lot of the time. I tend to focus on the little dot, the tiny thing that does not fit the rest and forget to focus on the majority that is perfect.

This can be used as a disciple making tool where you can broaden their mindset/focus or as an ice breaker to the Good News.

They might only be focused on the things of this world (good or bad) and not seeing the whole of creation, the Creator and the rest of eternity?  They may only be focused on all of the bad things in this world and can't see a Loving God who is actually in control?  Use your imagination!

Cheers 

Macka.