\nI got new glasses today. They\u2019re bifocals, and they\u2019re driving me crazy.<\/p>\n
No matter what I try to focus on, some portion of my vision is furry. It\u2019s as if the lenses are smudged, or I\u2019ve had a massive attack of floaters, or I\u2019m losing consciousness. And if switching between distance and reading is a challenge, trying to work on the computer seems hopeless. It\u2019s the wrong distance for either type of lens.<\/p>\n
I know that in a few days my eyes will adapt and I\u2019ll be fine. This is good. Because sometimes life is an awful lot like getting new glasses. It\u2019s easy to forget that what feels like a permanent and oppressive problem is in fact a temporary annoyance.<\/p>\n
Most of the aggravations I face in life are not actually problems. They are two-minute trials of patience, or three-hour tests of endurance or four-day (or four week, or four month) periods of adjustment. Though I writhe and fuss over difficulty as if something horrible has been inflicted upon me, in reality I\u2019m having my tantrum safely in the palm of God\u2019s hand. Why can\u2019t I see this? Perhaps because sometimes I look at life through the lens of my fears, instead of the lens of my faith.<\/p>\n
Lord, let me see clearly.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I got new glasses today. They\u2019re bifocals, and they\u2019re driving me crazy. No matter what I try to focus on, some portion of my vision is furry. It\u2019s as if the lenses are smudged, or I\u2019ve had a massive attack of floaters, or I\u2019m losing consciousness. And if switching between distance and reading is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":26778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[296],"tags":[292],"ppma_author":[495],"class_list":["post-16169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-devotions-for-faith-prayer","tag-daily-guideposts-devotions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n