† Final Thoughts †: Glasses

When I was in 10th grade, I found out I needed glasses. To some kids this would have been traumatic, but I didn't really mind. Actually, I liked my glasses. (I know... nerd! ) The eye doctor told me that I only needed to wear them while I was trying to see the chalkboard. That was most of my classes, so I just decided to wear my glasses all day.

However, it wasn't long before I needed to wear them all the time. Everything got fuzzier and fuzzier. I couldn't get a clear picture of the world around me without them. Once I put those specially prescribed pieces of plastic in front of my eyes, everything came into focus. My eyes had become trained and dependent upon these glasses to see.

Sometimes I still don't clearly see the world around me. Today it has less to do with the eyes on my face and more to do with the eyes of my heart. We've all experienced this, sometimes it's just hard to feel and experience God. We go a whole day, maybe longer, and can't point to a single moment that we genuinely had an experience with Him. It all seems a little... fuzzy.

Back in 10th grade, my eyes deteriorated to that point everything was out of focus (to which I have to give some credit to computer use & video games). They just got worn out. Our hearts are the same way. They take a beating. They get stepped on, crushed, moved, compelled, and broken. It's hard to see clearly with a heart like that.

... but God offers us glasses. When the eyes of our hearts are fuzzy, when it's hard to see God, we can put those glasses on and see clearly. His word is that "corrective lense" to our heart. It brings the world around us into focus. That's not to say we're without questions, but rather that we see things for what they truly are.

Seeing God isn't something that's reserved for Moses, the disciples, Billy Graham, or anyone else. You can see God... just put those glasses on. Allow the eyes of your heart to be trained by His word.