Are You Short-Sighted?

Clarissa had just gotten her license and her first car. It wasn’t the greatest first car, but it took her from point “A” to point “B.” She, like most 16-year-olds, was enjoying the freedom that came with her license. On the way home from school one afternoon, Clarissa had the music turned up, singing at the top of her lungs . . . not paying attention to the road. Suddenly a deer popped out of the woods up ahead. It saw the car hurtling toward it and froze. Clarissa slammed on the brakes, hoping she could stop in time.

Aren’t we like both Clarissa and the deer sometimes: short-sighted? Like the deer, we can be so intent on getting to the other side, reaching that next step in life, that when life catches us off guard, we freeze. Like Clarissa, we can become so distracted that we don’t see the danger toward which we’re racing. We tend to be short-sighted, either distracted or frozen when unexpected circumstances come. Nothing comes as a surprise to God, though. Cling to Him when you become short-sighted, and pray for wisdom to look past the immediate situations.

Are you shortsighted in life? @MargaretMcSweeny @ReMixHer
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