Here is a quick voice to text journal prompt that I wrote yesterday that I thought I would share with you all.
I’ve known for many years that I needed glasses. But I kept putting it off because I figured I could see enough. Since I would pass my drivers eye exam I didn’t see a need in getting my eyes checked.
With all the stress of the last few years my eyes have definitely gotten worse and so reluctantly I went in to get an eye exam. I was not in a hurry to buy the glasses as I knew I wanted a pair that I would feel comfortable in so it wasn’t until recently that I ordered them.
Just last evening my glasses were delivered and I was shocked with how much of the world I had been missing.
This morning as I am writing this, I am sitting at the reservoir where I have taken morning walks and am stunned by how beautiful God created the world. I feel like I’ve been given a gift of seeing for the first time. I see details that I never saw before. The crispness and the clearness brings tears to my eyes.
As I watched the sunrise I felt like I had never seen one so beautiful before. I am so grateful for vision.
Thinking of this brought up an analogy making me wonder how much of the spiritual world I have been missing. Because what I thought I clearly saw before turned out to actually be blurry. So now I’m wondering, How much of life am I actually missing?
Today I am planning on spending time in my garden of Gethsemane to spend time with God alone. And it makes me want to ask Him, What else have I been missing? What am I not seeing clearly? Is there anything that you want to show me?
I have struggled with depression most of my life. But it wasn’t until about a month ago that someone prayed for me and that prison door was open. I experience joy and happiness that I didn’t know existed. I feel freer than I’ve ever felt before. So perhaps that prayer was a pair of new glasses that was given to me so that I might be able to see clearly.
Oh God open my eyes that I might see!
Be Still and Run 