The Gospel lens: How wearing new specs helped me to understand the gospel better.
Last year, Abisha had a minor accident which hurt her eye. It didn't look good and we rushed to the eye doctor. Thankfully, it was a superficial injury which the doc said would heal quickly. And since we were at the doctor’s, I got my eyes checked as well. After seeing my eye through a fancy looking machine, I was surprised when the doctor said I need to wear glasses. Of course my eyes did hurt sometimes when I sit in front of the screen for a long time, but glasses now? Anyway, he made me read the letters on the screen, as he kept changing the lenses. And voila, for a certain lens, the words and numbers looked surprisingly clearer than before. This bewildered me. I really haven't felt the need for glasses for more than 3 decades, do I need it now? I could read, drive, and recognise people in the distance without them. I put off getting the new specs for a few months, but eventually, Abisha got one for me. It was time for me to try them on. On one side, I was excited like a ...