glasses

I got my first pair of glasses when I was in first grade. I remember riding home from the optometrist and telling my mom everything I could see: the leaves on the trees, airplanes in the sky, blades of grass, the letters on the street signs. I was so excited because I had never seen so clearly before. I remember my mom telling me that she didn't realize that I couldn't see. I never said anything because I didn't know any different. I thought everyone saw the world as I did. It wasn't until I put my glasses on that I could truly see clearly. When I went to school, so many of my classmates laughed and teased, but I wasn't going to miss seeing so much in order to make them stop. No matter how they noticed, everyone who knew me noticed there was something different about me.
Following Jesus is a lot like getting a new pair of glasses: you will realize that you were blind, you will realize how much you had been missing, you will never look at things the same, and people will notice the difference in you!