Blurred Vision

I recently hit my forties. I had been told for years that as I got older things would start to change. Metabolism would start to slow down or even crawl. I’d start to develop aches that I didn’t have before.

However, the first change I started to notice was with my vision. My entire life I’ve had 20/20 vision, but all of a sudden I started struggling to see clearly. One day I couldn’t read  teleprompter on a video shoot; the next thing I knew, I couldn’t read street signs!

So, recently, I went to get my first eye exam. Part of the exam included a procedure my eye doctor called “dilating.” He put some drops in my eyes, and for the next several hours I couldn’t see a thing. Everything was blurry.

On my way home I tried to call my wife, and I couldn’t even see the numbers on my phone while I was sitting in the parking lot (don’t worry; I wasn’t trying to drive!). Fortunately, over the next several hours, my sight started to slowly clear.

Similarly, when I am struggling with the gap between my expectations and my present reality, I have to remind myself that fear is a visual impairment. Most of us forget this, especially when we are in the grip of uncertainty, anxiety, or discouragement. Our vision gets skewed by our circumstances, and we start to see things inaccurately. Often, we see things that don’t even exist! I hope you’ll take time today to think about what in your life currently causes your vision to be blurred, and how you can turn that vision to God and maybe, just maybe, start to see more clearly.