The Great Optometrist

Just the other day I took my daughters for a yearly eye exam. I wanted to get these in before school so that I knew they didn't have any excuse for not seeing the board. They all have perfect vision and very healthy eyes. I was very happy that I was able to walk out of there with out having to buy glasses for any of them. Now, I am confused, if they have perfect vision, why can't they see their socks on the floor, or that piece of paper they just walked over? hmmmm...(now I just need to get their hearing checked!)


After we left there and we went home I got to thinking about my vision and I began to ask myself the question, "how is my vision doing?" Not my physical vision per se, but my spiritual vision. Every human being has spiritual eyes. God gave them to us so that we could apprehend the spiritual realities of life. Is my vision blurry; have I allowed outside elements to distort my vision? Am I seeing what God has for me? God has things he wants me to see: those that are needy, lonely, suffering, and hurting. It's too easy to go through life just looking at what is in front of me; material things, job, position, etc.


I have been asking the Lord to be my Optometrist. Show me if I am farsighted: see the things way out, but not what is under my nose; nearsighted: seeing the things that are under my nose, but maybe not the lonely person that lives next door to me. Maybe I have astigmatism where everything I look at is blurry. Whatever the case, I want the Great Optometrist to show me where I can fix any problems I have in my vision. I want to see the things the Lord has for me.