janet's journey

I thought it time that I actually wrote down my thoughts, dreams, and hopes. Perhaps share some of what I've learned. Maybe someone will be encouraged, comforted (Life is better in community), or just amused.

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Friday, August 3, 2012

See?

In recent months, Shands has provided a way for patients to have ready access to our own medical records, as well as keep up with appointments and ask questions. One day I decided to poke around on my page to see what was there about me. I found that I have something called nuclear sclerosis:
  • Sclerosis is defined as a hardening of tissue. Nuclear sclerosis is caused when your eye produces new lens fibers. The old ones remain in place and, therefore, the eye becomes more dense. As the lens becomes more dense, it becomes harder and less flexible.
  • The most common sufferers of nuclear sclerosis are older dogs. Although quite rare, it can occur in humans, and may not appear until a person is at least 45 years of age.

Read more: What Is Nuclear Sclerosis? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_6556916_nuclear-sclerosis_.html#ixzz22UHtv4OL

I found this all very interesting because I have reached a place in One Thousand Gifts where the author is discussing 'seeing God'. Really seeing God. Looking to see God. I had to slow down and check myself. Am I looking to see God? Or have I developed spiritual sclerosis? Is seeing God move in my life a priority? Or am I looking to be in control of everything?
Enters this verse, sent to me by a friend:  Ephesians 1:18
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,
If I am going to see God, it will be through my heart. For where my heart is, there my treasure is also. So I need to make God my treasure and keep Him and His words/ways in my heart. I can't know what I need to know about God if I am not looking to see Him. If I don't treasure Him, I can't really know Him. 
Once again I am reminded that it is not with the natural that I really know God. He is bigger than being relegated to only my five senses. With my senses, I can celebrate God, worship Him, and experience Him to a point. Even though my natural eyes are not in great shape, I am seeing Him, can see Him better each day. I think that's so powerfully sweet.