Blurred vision

The eye doctor said yesterday he wanted me to see a retina specialist, and then maybe a neuro-retina specialist.  He seemed surprised when I laughed and said of course.  I apologized for laughing.  The levels of specialization in every field, particularly the medical field, are amusing to me.  I wonder if I am now in the time of life that I will see more and more specialists.  Probably.  My vision is still blurred in my left eye, but already my brain is compensating for the blur with the right eye.  I can only tell when I close the right eye.  Being both priest and mental health clinician, I am interested in how we perceive the world around us.  For me God is always there, even when my vision is blurry in one eye.

Is God not always there

In the dry hard rocky places

Even when we pretend He*s not

Or simply cannot see?

Even when our vision is blurred,

We have to close our left eye

Look through the right?

The eye doctor ran me through

Every test yesterday.

My vision is still blurred

In the left eye.

Already my brain compensates

For the blur.

The miracle that is eyesight

Says OK

So your left eye is blurry

Let*s figure out how to make it work

The miracle that is our God

Brings water out of the rock

Flowing.

The miracle that is our God

Hears the complaints of His people

In the desert

In the wilderness

In the dry hard rocky places

In the blur.

The miracle that is our God

Brings water to a thirsty people

Where there seems no water.

The miracle that is our God

Shows us the opening

In the Rock,

Blurred vision once again

Shows clear.