Helen Keller.....Vision

The spring of each year fills our lives with the so many adventures. The color of the trees and the blooming of flowers catch our eyes and imagination. Yard work and gardening reminds us of the accomplishments that we reach through effort and dedication. Taking time to cook a meal and eat outside gives us time to reflect looking at things from a different table and point of view. Change is all around us but we are more able to see the immediate effect during this time of the year. With all the rain fall we’ve experienced it is easy to see the river rise and the lakes filled to high levels. With the winds that have traveled across the country it is also easy to see devastation that can change everything in a second too.
These adventures and so many more help to expose and broaden our own understanding and horizon of things, people, place and perspective on time. When helping people we always want to talk about positive things. We are afraid that the mention of negative aspects might give the impression we are a half empty instead of half full kind of person. The adventure of people in our lives is a challenge both welcomed and dreaded. If you’ve ever thought, “oh, do I have to talk to them right now”, then you will clearly understand the challenge. I love people and I love talking, but I have my times where I need and want to be left alone. I don’t want to give advice, because I need to hear advice instead. I don’t want to smile on the outside yet I have often fought through that storm to see the expression of thankfulness on another face. People are the greatest and most unique creation on the earth. God designed us with the ability to use His talents and skill in our lives for the benefit of others. This blessing from Him to us makes us unique. We can touch and change lives by giving, doing, and listening all in His name. The adventure of places gives each of us a memory bank filled with moments of laughter and wonder at the sights we see across the travels of our lives. These travels are not the records of journeys across the seas and around the world, but sometimes these adventures are just miles from our homes. Today is defined in many ways. It could be a simple and straightforward as today is today. Meaning this specific day of the week, yet sometimes today means this week, or when speaking in a general sense it could even mean this month or this year.
Each of our lives has the opportunity to be filled with adventures. The use of feeling, hearing, seeing and three senses and that change our lives for sure. One of my favorite quotes is my Helen Keller. She was asked, “what is worse than being blind”?, her response was” having sight and no vision”. Each time I read that quote or am reminded of her answer I am so challenged and so moved in my personally being. The Bible talks a lot about time, specific and general and today, I believe it is the perfect time to explore new adventures this spring.
There is a journey I want to recommend. It involves spending time in prayer asking God to strengthen you for the roads yet traveled ahead and it involves reading His word to discover the daily answers for our lives. The travel of our individual hearts takes us up big mountains and down into low valleys. The course of survival is one that has plenty of light for each step of the way and the element of pure faith when we have no sight yet required to press ahead. I am confident of this fact. No matter the spring in your life Jesus is a ready and able friend if on Him you would call.

Until then