Heart Hope by Olga

The dreaded question—which is better a or b, b or c? I had my annual eye doctor appointment last week and when he asked me to determine which lens was better than the other it was confusing. Sometimes I felt like he was trying to trick me, although I know he was really trying to get the best and clearest vision for me. It can be challenging to determine which is the best when it is ever so slight. It can be complicated to have not only clear physical vision, but spiritual and mental clarity too. A friend recently asked me to pray for her to be able to discern the truth from lies in her counseling sessions. What a brilliant idea! What she really wanted was to have clear vision in a situation where it could be a little fuzzy and gray. She wants to be able to see God, His Word and His truth accurately and to be able to live her life by it. Often we simply accept what the world has to say and don’t take the time to check to see if it is the right lens. It might be close to bei...

Spreadsheet mania...that's what I call it when I am up to my eyeballs in Excel documents at work. It may be budget season or bonus time or month end close but I may have a worksheet with 12 or more tabs with rows and columns of numbers that have to be examined, evaluated and analyzed. For an accountant that might sound like an ideal day, but not so much for me. My eyes get tired, feeling strained and blurry. However a feeling of success does come over me when the task has been completed and the documents sent off to the appropriate person. My eyes may remain unfocused for a period of time as I move onto other tasks trying to get them back to normal. Our spiritual eyesight can become strained and blurry too. It all depends on what we are focused on. When we have the focus on God the Father, His Son Jesus and the Truth found in the Bible, we will see clearly. However when we are focused on the world and the things in it we will become tired, stressed and won’t be able ...