Clarity ... one "click" at a time.

I am sure you , or many of you, have had an eye exam. It sort of comes on slow and you don't actually realize you aren't seeing clearly. Then one day, you realized that you no longer can see certain things well enough to proceed. You need to go get an eye exam. Now, this machine pictured is the tool used to manually adjust lenses until you can see the chart across the room clearly. You know the routine ... "which one is clearer, this or this?" This is a great illustration for how I am feeling and the season I am in right now here in the Philippines. Each day is a click of the manual lens. Clarity comes through conversation, facts, experiences, opportunities, prayer, and the counsel of scripture. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean own your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths" Pr. 3:5. As I look for neighborhood, a house, learn travel routes, encounter people, make friends, participate, learn the language, invest in friendships ... all of these are "clicks" that bring clarity and adjustment. I feel God's presence and I see his fingerprints on these different details ... I am in good hands!