Dilated.

There is a first time for everything and today I experienced one of those firsts.... I had my eyes dilated. I didn't expect much. Just a very routine exam. Guess I didn't really understand what all the doc can see when he does that! I knew it allowed him to see inside my eye, but I didn't know that it tells him not just about your optical health, it also can show signs of other health concerns. He can see the optic nerve and the blood vessels that lead to it. If the blood vessels don't look right in the eye, there is likely another problem elsewhere in the body. He can also see the retina - which is the part of the eye that helps you focus and see with visual clarity.

Dilation does not hurt. It does not blind you. It just makes it harder for you to focus on small things like text for a short while. It is a minor inconvenience but necessary for the doctor to check the general health of your vision.

Yes I realize my fascination with a routine eye exam is somewhat unusual and I was taken aback by that fact myself. But the more I thought about what dilation does for the eye doctor, I began to think that perhaps it's what God is doing to me right now.

For quite some time, I've been highly distracted and have lacked focus. I'm not really hurt and definitely not blind but there are certain things that lack clarity in my life. Maybe God is doing a check - looking at the blood vessels inside to show me where I may have other health issues in my soul. Looking at my spirtual retina to see why I may not have the spiritual clarity I need. It is a little more than a minor inconvenience right now but hopefully it is temporary.

I looked up dilate in the dictionary. The definition is to make wider or larger; cause to expand. I hope that is the result of my spiritual dilation and I know that whatever the result, God can provide the perfect remedy.