Are you seeing clearly?
Or, are you struggling?
Vision impairment?
Yesterday I had the joy of spending time with a wonderful friend of mine. She is a spectacular mother and filled with so much love and care. I admire her strength and beauty in the way she has dealt with one painful situation in particular. Her daughter was born with vision impairment. She struggles with a genetic condition that has affected her ability to see. That has not slowed this sweet beautiful little girl down too much though, she fights to still do as much as possible. And she is a fighter. In many ways it has affected her life and shaped her. But not only her, it has also shaped her mom, and their relationship.
As my friend shared with me yesterday, my heart began to break. She shared about the difficulty in their ability to bond early on. Normally around the age of two months old an infant will begin smiling in response to being smiled at. Three days ago we spent the evening with my brand new niece, born in January, who is already responding to being smiled at by giggling! So precious and joyous! But my friend never had the joy of experiencing that with her sweet little girl. Because of not being able to see well, her daughter also struggled with fear, especially of fast moving objects or animals. Because of her vision impairment, there is often difficulty to face and struggle to overcome. Yet, the good news is she recently had surgery, which has made a huge improvement and difference for her. Instead of walking in fear and instability and struggling with balance, she now can walk and run with more confidence and less falls! She smiles when smiled at!
She can see more clearly!
Her vision changes everything!
God began speaking to my heart and reminding me of some things He has laid on my heart. He reminded me that, like this precious little ones vision impairment affected her ability to trust, to walk securely, to find joy and peace and safety and a feeling of bonding or closeness, so too, our ability to find these things is affected when we remain blinded or vision impaired spiritually.
Spiritual vision impairment affects our entire being. It affects our ability to trust in God or anything around us. It affects or joy. It affects our peace. It affects our ability to walk without falling or run without fear, or live without limitations.
So how do we receive vision improvement or vision surgery?
We cling to God! We strive to KNOW Him better so that we can trust Him more BY seeing Him better! We see Him more clearly by seeing who He is in His Word and by connecting with Him in prayer! When we get to know God better we fear less, we walk more securely, we bond more deeply with Him and we find more joy!
God wants us to find the joy, peace, deeply satisfying relationship and security that come from seeing without impairment!
Vision.
Are you seeing clearly?
Blessings,
Abi
