But my vision is not entirely unique either. Who sees the world exactly like I do? No one (and you may thank God in your prayers later!). Surprised? Yeah, me too, even now as I talk to myself about this. If we believe in His sovereignty, then we have to believe that we have perfect vision in both eyes. And I think that’s the way God intended it. The problem, as you’ve already guessed, is that, both lids being up, I tend to use both eyes. I am willing, and able, to draw you near, to see you clearly and focus on you entirely without distortion or tension There are no scars to obscure my view (the Lord Jesus bore them all) and I don’t see life through the threat of suffering. I focus on-point and receive information as it is intended to be interpreted. The scars and the continual miscommunication have just worn me out and I’d rather keep you way out there so I can avoid the strain of having you closer.īy contrast, my right eye is the Spiritual guide to my life. Maybe in life I have just gotten more self- protective and want to keep others at arm’s length (or further). In other words, my information receptor is way off center.Īs I age, the additional insult to my poor left-eye vision, is that I can no longer see clearly up close and personal. As I grew, I was shaped by people, circumstances, and information-input that molded me like a lump of clay and twisted the way I receive influence so that it misses the mark of true vision. My left eye, having astigmatism, is deformed just as my life is. It’s protective of that now hidden wound, and it runs through my field of vision, so to speak. The nature of a scar is lost feeling it’s no longer sore, but now it feels nothing at all. There is a lumpy layer of flesh that had previously been flayed violently but has now healed. Sometimes we might need you to hand us our specs and tell us to focus.Īs an application, my left eye is badly scarred, as is my life. It might also help some of you who have to deal with the likes of me to be patient and realize that sometimes we do subconsciously use one eye more than the other. (Especially if you came late to the party, like I did.) We’ve got one eye that’s totally whack, and one eye that now sees pretty clearly, though it requires some effort (and possibly a headache). So what does this have to do with anything? Well, as I’ve given this some thought I have realized that it works pretty well to explain how some of us see life after our salvation. Even without my glasses I could function pretty well and see pretty clearly, though it would induce a bit of strain after a while.
My right eye, on the other hand, aside from the degeneration of age, is mostly pulling its weight. If I had to explain to you what I see through my left eye without my glasses, that’s the best description I can give you.
BIBLE VERSE EYE FOR AN EYE HOW TO
If you have ever had the opportunity to sit in your car and wait for someone while it’s raining, you know that you can hardly stand to not run the wipers because your eyes don’t know how to focus on the rain washed windshield. Have you ever noticed that when you have to drive in the rain for any length of time your eyes get really tired? It’s because your eyes are trying to alternate between what they see close up on your windshield when it’s rain covered, and what they see at a distance beyond the windshield once your wipers have cleared the glass. What exactly do I see out of that poor, old, scarred, oddly-misshapen left eyeball? Well, I see the world with some distortions. But I would have to say with absolute certainty that 99% of the time if my right eyelid is up, so is the left one. Generally speaking, I use them both.” I mean, truly, when one eye is open, isn’t the other one? Am I alone here? And let’s face it, if there is anyone in the world who might be likely to use one eye predominantly it might be someone with my lens prescription. The thing I wanted to think about today with regard to my eyes began with the doctor’s odd question, “Which eye do you use the most?” Isn’t that weird? I answered by saying. According to the optician who handled me when I tried on my new specs, I have an odd prescription. In other words…I can’t really see much out of my left eye. For those of you who understand lens prescriptions, my new lenses are +4.25, -1.75, xo65 add. For one thing, there is a big mysterious scar through my field of vision on that eyeball, and that eye has always been the weaker of my two orbs of perspective. The last time I was there the doctor asked me, “Can you see anything out of your left eye?!” The answer is yes, but barely.
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