Warning: this may be boring, so please bear with me! It was written late last night.
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“The light of the body is the eye...” (Matthew 6:22) “For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers.” 1 Peter 3:12
I never realized (until today) how many colours and shapes and, um…everything (!) there is in this world we live in today. You know that the only way we can see these things is through our eyes! I don't need to tell you that! Here's how I made this great discovery:
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| Picture of me before I got new glasses--notice them pinching the sides of my head? The new ones don't. |
Well, to make long story short, I started realizing (about 1 ½ – 2 months ago) that I couldn't see my feet very well—WITH my glasses on!—and I told Mum about it. She was able to find an optometrist for me, and I went about a month ago. During that visit, we realized that I would need double the strength glasses that I was wearing at the time. And the cost was tremendous! We did find out, though, that if we got a special card from the government, ¾ of the bill would be subsidized. Wow! Mum had the papers, she just never had filled them out and sent them in. So…to the mailbox they went! Then we waited. And waited. And waited some more. Then, one bright sunny day, it came! (*Ahem*, I should add in here—I've never seen the card. All that really mattered was that “IT” came!) And I didn't even find out about it for a while. *Boo hoo!* (NOT!!!)
Anyway, today I went to the doctor and got my new glasses. They're a nice colour of blue, not at all like my old, scratched purple ones! They're beautiful! Well, not in the sense of “beauty”; the really beautiful thing about them is that I can see with them!
Before I got these, I was (and still am, I guess!) near-sighted. So that means that anything beyond a foot from me was starting to get blurry, and anything beyond 5-10 feet were just blurred shapes—do you remember that blurry picture of Joe running I posted a while back? It was kinda like that. Now everything is sharp—and clear!!! I can see trees a long way away, with all their little branches! It's amazing! Me & Mum figure I can see 20/20 now—it's truly amazing!
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| Me with my new glasses--I can SEE! |
For those of you who can see, who have never had a problem with your eyes, then enjoy the things around you. Dig deep into the intricacies that you have gotten used to seeing everyday. You never know—they may not be the same for you ever again. Enjoy your eyesight. God gave it to you for a reason—so that you can see the intricacies of His creation.
It is as a totally new world has spread out in front of me. Things are not just blurry blobs any more. They have design to them. Small things that I never dreamed were there are there! I'm just…astounded. Amazed. Stunned. Tomorrow (if it's sunny, of course!) I hope to take a walk. Things have so much more depth now. More intensity of colour. More…I don't know, it's just so much more interesting now! Life has a new colour! I wonder how much I've missed over the years…
Well, I should head to bed. It's late, and I have a lot of “looking” to do tomorrow!
Goodnight!
*yawn*
UPDATE:
Another amazing thing I've found—I can see 3D! Before I got these, I was seeing things kind-of 2D, with a little bit of 3D added in. Every time I step into the kitchen for something, I'm kind-of overwhelmed. I can see (clearly!) to the other end of the room without a problem! It's just so…wonderfully different. Praise the LORD! I'm LOVING it!
Abigail: wow Esther! I'm soo happy for you! I can't imagine what that would be like. Sight is such an amazing gift!
ReplyDeleteBeing able to see in 20/20 is SO nice and such a blessing! I know exactly what you are describing as I wear glasses and/or contacts all the time now! It's amazing to be able to see God's creation in, yes, 3d and SHARP FOCUS!
ReplyDeleteBeing able to see in 20/20 is SO nice and such a blessing! I know exactly what you are describing as I wear glasses and/or contacts all the time now! It's amazing to be able to see God's creation in, yes, 3d and SHARP FOCUS!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know your sight had gotten that bad. Come to think of it, its probably a blessing as our sight won't
ReplyDelete[generally] get worse 'til we're old.So its probably a double blessing, because, you get to see a change, but it's the same as always for us, you see the beauty clearer than we do and you get to see things clearer now that you're young and can actually get around, when we are old we just get to see from a chair.If that makes sense.
Anyway its really great that you got them!!!!! and you didn't have to pay full price!!!
Boy, does this bring back memories! I will never forget the day I first got glasses. I was about 8 years old, and the teacher had noticed that I had trouble reading the chalkboard. I remember that all the way home, I read every sign along the road. I had never realized before that they had words on them! I kept saying things like, "You can see the leaves on the trees!" and when walking on the driveway, "I can see every individual piece of gravel!" It was an amazing experience. I'd never missed those thing because I'd assumed no one could see any better than I did. It's like a whole new world, isn't it? :) What I can't imagine is how you managed to get by this long without figuring out that you weren't seeing what others were!
ReplyDelete@Rhonda: Well, I knew that others were seeing better than me, but I guess I just accepted it as a fact of life that some people can see better. I knew that sometime I would have to get new glasses, but considering the cost... Just didn't seem too appealing! Even if I would be able to see better!
ReplyDeleteHmm...I seem to recall saying those exact words: "I can see every individual piece of gravel!" Wow!!!
~Esther
Praise the LORD :) Sight is a wonderful thing!!!
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