Blurrrrrreeed Liiiiinnnnes.

I’ll never forget the day I finally got glasses. After months of not being able to see the details of trees, or the facial expressions of friends, or the clouds perfectly, it was a relief to be able to see so clear again. I finally understood why so many people in the Bible would crowd Jesus, begging for Him to heal their eyes. I didn’t have to squint anymore. I didn’t have to stand up and walk up to the white board in school anymore. Everything was clear.

If you haven’t had the thrill of wearing glasses, I apologize. Cause this moment changes your life.

Little did I know that I would walk through this again. Only this time it was spiritually.

See the thing about being blind… you definitely KNOW you are.

The thing about blurry vision?? You don’t really know you are until you see clearly for the first time in months. Take my contacts as an example. I have a box of contacts with me right now and I am supposed to switch them every month. Well, life on the Race can be busy. And don’t tell my mother, but I have used probably 2 contacts since I have left. This is a big deal when your eye doctor sends you away with a box of 14 for each eye. But my, oh my, the day that I put new contacts in my eyes, I didn’t realize how blurry my vision had actually been. But now, as I am writing this post, I can see that the store across the street says CLASS DENTAL in all cap letters. I can see the little boy in the green sweater running ahead of his mothers, giggling as he runs through mud puddles. I can see every brick in the building across the street.

My point is that sometimes we as believers can see things in blurry vision for the majority of our lives. And we don’t realize everything is blurry until we put on the glasses that Jesus gives us to see things like He does.

The reason I am saying blurry vision and not blind is this: when we believe in Jesus Christ and what He has done for us, that is when He turns our blind eyes into seeing eyes. We go from blind to sight. I am saying blurry vision because sometimes we can see things but not correctly. For example, I can believe in the name of Jesus (seeing) but I am not living out the Kingdom of God (clear vision.)

How do I know this?? Well let’s just say that my vision has been blurred up until now. When our vision is blurred, we only give half of our heart to the things God calls us to. Or we put idols in front of the Lord, whether that’s friends, family, a relationship, or a job. Blurred vision gets our eyes off of the Creator and start looking more towards what He has given us instead of focusing on Who He is.

Blurred vision looks like worshiping our brokenness and focusing more on who we are rather than worshiping the King Himself and declaring Who He is.

And wow how much I did this. Yes, I believe it’s a good thing to tell God how we are feeling in our journals and pour out our hearts to Him… but sometimes we start worshiping and focusing more on our pain and our frustrations than the goodness of God and His character. It’s looking more at where you have been or where you are going rather than what God is doing NOW and where HE is taking YOU.

Blurred vision is a deception of the eye. And it’s exactly where the evil one wants us to stay. Self-focused on things we cannot see clearly. On things WE want to control. It’s like being lukewarm water instead of choosing to be hot or cold water in order to be useful (Revelation 3:14-16.)

Clear vision?? Well it’s a beautiful thing. Clear vision is seeing like Jesus and DOING something about it because His love makes NO sense. It’s not logical. It’s not humanly possibly. But His love makes mountains move in our lives. It makes dead people rise. It makes little children’s smiles look THAT much bigger. It makes women who feel worthless, see their holiness. It makes broken men be reminded that they are healed. It makes the self-focused daughter like me be reminded that it’s not about me and that He is good despite the evil in the world.

A great friend of mine reminded me that sin and death was brought into the world by us. Death happens BECAUSE of us. So how can I question the goodness of God when death and sin is my fault?? That is legit putting shame on Him. Shame He already took for me.

Blurred vision is seeing the world as a dark place with no hope, while clear vision is seeing the Kingdom of God in everything and seeing His children rise up.

Blurred vision is looking at my gifts and wondering why I didn’t get my teammates gifts, while clear vision is looking at my gifts and declaring “I will use these so others see You!”

Blurred vision is being ashamed of my wild heart and running away from my problems, while clear vision is embracing my wild heart and declaring it holy.

So tell me, are you seeing the world through blurred vision? Or are you taking up those glasses that have perfect vision so that you can see the goodness of God in everything??