“Now we see things imperfectly as in a poor mirror, but then we will see
everything with perfect clarity…” I Corinthians 13:12a NLT

Yesterday I went to the salon to get my hair done. My daughter did such a nice job and my hair looked great. As I stood up and reached for my glasses, I knocked them to the floor. Luckily, they seemed to have survived. One side looked like it had a little smudge on the lens, but the other side looked very clear and neither lens looked like it had been damaged or broken.

So, I put them on and looked in the mirror. Oh my, I thought to myself. I can’t see right! Everything looks blurry! What is the matter with me? I wondered. I didn’t tell anyone in the salon. Instead, I walked around the rooms talking with people, taking my time, trying to determine if I was getting sick, having serious vision problems, or just what might be happening. I’ll have to call the eye doctor and see if I am having some kind of serious problem, I thought.

I stood in the back room, looking around, deciding if I could see to drive home. My daughter walked up to me and said, “Are you missing something, Mom?” I looked at her smiling face and there in her hand, she held one of the lenses to my eyeglasses! I told the receptionist, Kathy, what had happened and she laughed hysterically as I told her I thought something was wrong with me.

My vision had been clouded and blurred. One eye had the correct lens and one eye had no lens. It made me think of the verse in the song Amazing Grace; I once was blind but now I see. What a difference one lens made. Everything was clear and came into focus.

Walking through our daily tasks and trials, we sometimes do not see why things happen as they do. We can’t seem to put into focus the overall plan God has in mind. That is because we don’t have perfect sight in this life. But someday….we will see and understand all the things that happen in this life, and we will see Jesus face to face. What a day that will be!

Pat is a freelance writer wife, mother and grandmother and photographer residing in Pottstown, PA. She is a lifetime member of The Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania and a lifetime member of National Garden Clubs, Inc. She is past president of the Pottstown Area Garden Club and a C.L.A.S.S. trained speaker. She has been an inspirational speaker for Bible studies, women’s groups, retirement groups, conferences, holiday teas and luncheons. She is currently a member of the teaching team for an adult ladies’ Sunday School class. Pat has worked in many areas of church ministry and has served as Director of primary dept. for D.V.B.S., primary dept. Sunday School teacher, Camp Cherith camp counselor, and co-chair for the E.B.C. Women’s Conference.You can reach Pat by e-mail at patricia.moyer @yahoo.com. You may visit her web site at http://www.patmoyer-treasure.net/

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