Was Blind But Now I See...

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A couple of months ago Sweet & Sassy had her 2 year check up & all went swimmingly except one thing...my girl had a case of the squints. Doc noticed that she squinted quite a bit & combined with a few of my own concerns, her fate was set. Sweet & Sassy had to go to the optometrist. After the traumatizing dilation of her eyes & being pinned down to get a good look, the diagnosis was confirmed, our darling needed glasses. Sweet & Sassy has astigmatisms in each eye for both her near & far sighted vision. She'll need visual aid forever. This realization brought a new awareness to us. Our poor girl has probably never seen things clearly. She has probably suffered from near constant headaches due to the strain of trying to focus. Yesterday Sweet & Sassy got her new glasses. I was not prepared for the impact that it had upon her. As we left the optometrist office, my darling nearly broke her neck craning this way & that to look around. She squealed with excitement as she pointed out things that we had seen a thousand times before. 'Mama, Look!" she called & gestured as we made our way through the grocery store. On the way home I took the Darlings to see Christmas lights & nearly wept at the wonder in Sweet & Sassy's little voice. She could see...really see. I had been prepared to fight her to keep her glasses on, but to my astonishment she did not ask once to take them off. She knew that the way she could see now was so much better than the way she had seen before. Even her behavior was altered. My high strung wild child was of a sweet nature all day long...has been that way all today. The glasses & impact they have had upon her vision seems to have changed my girl in countless ways.
I find no irony in the fact that my post earlier this week was of God's Amazing Grace that Saved a Wretch Like Me... Abba works that way. He has used Sweet & Sassy's eyesight & correction of it to remind me of the second part of that beloved song. "I once was lost, but now am found. Was Blind, but now I see." Prior to wearing her glasses, Sweet & Sassy had no idea that her vision was blurred. She had no way of knowing that the headaches were a result of poor eyesight. Until the moment that the prescription in the lens allowed her to see clearly, she was unaware that things could look any different than what she'd always known. The moment the glasses went on, a change occurred. I could see it on her face, & yes in her eyes. It was evidenced in her demeanor, in her voice, & in her behavior. Beloved ones before we accept salvation, we have skewed vision. Without evening realizing it, we see through a haze.  So many of our pains & struggles come from that inability to see clearly. When Grace comes along & we embrace it, suddenly we are changed. We see with new eyes...with the vision that Abba reveals to us. That change is (or should be) evident in our demeanor, in our voice, & in our behavior. Before we receive His love, we are blind... Blind to Who We Really Are & the Impact of that...but with Grace comes sight...Insight into Who He Is & the Impact of that...
For the last 24 hrs I have been awestruck & emotional as I watch my daughter embrace her new perspective, & I have been reminded anew how much I need Abba's vision & perspective in my life...of how much I want to see this world & the things beyond through His eyes. The transformation that comes when we leave behind our sinful perspective & embrace His righteous vision is...well, it's Amazing...Amazing Grace! Be Blessed this Day!