Monday, July 14, 2014

Long-Range Vision

How far can you see? Is your vision long-range? Is your focus on something near, or is your vision trained to see far?

My 14-year-old grandson loves to play disc golf. (A disc is similar to a frisbee, and the game involves trying to land the disc in a basket on a pole some distance away). There are a series of baskets, similar to a golf course.

He wanted to show me how he could throw a disc, so we visited a school playground with lots of space. I was dumbfounded when I saw him throw that first disc. It sailed on and on into the distance before it landed. (My son guessed the distance to be 200-250 feet). We could barely see where it landed.

He is able to focus on a distant target and, by practice, has accuracy and skill to hit his target. What a valuable life skill he is learning here!

When he is on a disc golf course he chooses which disc to use, and he plans his “move” carefully. Those who have observed him have remarked, “He really has it figured out”.

What really struck me is this: How many folks (and especially young people) have “distance” vision and plan carefully enough in life to reach a targeted goal? How many expend the effort and work diligently to reach that goal?

Accurate long-range vision will help all of us reach our desired destination.

“Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direst and make straight and plain your paths.”
Proverbs 3:5 Amplified Bible

© 2014 Arlene Schwartzkopf