Prescription and Perspective

Today, I get a new prescription for my vision.  Five weeks ago, I had my first cataract surgery, followed a week later with my second cataract surgery.  Three medicated drops per day for three weeks, and I am now ready to have my eyes checked and get a new prescription. All of this has given me a new perspective. Even with the inconvenience of limited driving, blurred vision, and dry, itchy eyes, I am so thankful for the surgery and the surgeon. The preaching and teaching notes had been continuously adapted to larger font. The small scoreboard in the corner of my TV screen had caused me to have to get out of my recliner and walk halfway across the room to see the score.  The bright lights of oncoming vehicles had shortened the time and length of my night driving. Having had my eyes dilated, my blurred vision caused me to stubble and fall, creating a number of bodily bruises.  All of this caused me to wonder about those who have limited, distorted, or blurred spiritual vision. The Message paraphrases that familiar verse in Proverbs 29:18 as, “If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves.” I’m glad that my physical sight has been improved and even gladder that I “walk by faith and not be sight, (2 Corinthians 5:7) thus allowing me to see spiritually. That’s my new perspective on my new prescription,