VISION TEST CHART

VISION TEST CHART

Those of us who wear glasses, or anyone who has ever had an eye exam, are very familiar with a vision test chart.

A standard eye exam uses a Snellen eye chart, and it’s used to test visual acuity and measure how clearly a person can see at a distance.

Dr. Hermann Snellen developed this chart in the 1860’s when asked by a colleague to come up with a standardized eye test.

In addition to this standardized chart, he also created another eye chart for people who couldn’t read and for young children who hadn’t yet learned the alphabet.  This chart was called a” Tumbling E” eye chart.

Instead of using different letters it only used a capital E that faced in different directions. Those being tested indicated by pointing which direction the fingers on the letter E were pointing when it was turned.

Snellen’s standard eye exam chart consists of rows of letters with each row decreasing in size, to be viewed from a standard distance of 20 feet.

From 20 feet away if you could read the line designated as number 20, then your vision was 20/20 or good.  

To take this eye test you must cover one eye and tell the Dr what you can see clearly through the uncovered eye without guessing.

Repeat the same process with the other eye covered to see what you can clearly determine now based upon a similar but yet different set of circumstances.

I wonder, how well we know our blind spots? How are we compensating for them? If so, how’s that working out?

The standard eye test, as stated earlier, is to determine your acuity. Acuity is not just accuracy; it encompasses something greater. Acuity measures one’s sharpness or keenness.

Dr Snellen’s natural eye exam measured the following:

What can you see?                                                                                                         

Can you articulate what you see?                                                                                          

Can you apply what you see?                                                                      

How far can you see it from?

What if we applied these same metrics to Spiritual Vision.

What can you see?                                                                                                         

Can you articulate what you see?                                                                                          

Can you apply what you see?                                                                      

How far can you see it from?

And here is a bonus question for Spiritual Vision.

How long will you wait to see it?

Natural Vision tests measure your line of sight, while Spiritual Vision test measures your insight.

Spiritual Vision, much like Faith, is based on trust and belief, not eyesight. According to 2 Corn. 5, We walk by Faith and not by sight.

Let’s do a review of Vision – Spiritually speaking.

You can have sight, but still not have Vision.

Vision is not produced by eyesight; it is endowed because of insight.

Vision is not hope for what Can be, it is a glimpse of what Is to be.

Vision is not thought in the mind, it’s what has been taught to the heart.

If what you are following came from you, that’s a fantasy, not a Vision.

Vision is the image of a foretelling scene, an event, idea, activity, notion or concept of something that exists in eternity, but has not yet made its way into time.

Vision is timely, while not being tied to time.

Vision when manifested will glorify God and bless the co-contributor(s) and other generations for years to come.

Vision is not always pleasant, comprehensive, or logical. It does not always appear feasible, predictable, practical, achievable, or realistic.

Vision cannot be contrived, cajoled, corrected, created, nor controlled.

Vision is not Seen, it is Shown.

Vision doesn’t Lift a weight, it Places weight. Weight that makes one strong after the journey is complete.

The revelation/vision/revealing of what has been placed in you is for an appointed time; it is then that it will speak, others will be able to both hear and see. It will speak about completion and not tell a lie. Though it seems to linger, wait steadfastly for it; it will come and be right on time.

The prophet Habakkuk shared this with us some 3,000 years ago to let us know that what we will receive is in advance of our current reality, it is a future blessing that God already scheduled to happen for us later.

Leo Tolstoy said, “Everything comes in time to the one that knows how to wait”. Though the Vision tarry, wait for it.

Your Vision reveals your purpose in God’s plan for your life.

So, how was your Spiritual Vision test score?

Are you blind? Do you need new frames aka a reframing of how you are viewing things? Do you need Contacts, more touch points with God?

Whatever your Vision, don’t worry Dr Creator can see you now!

This is a Thompson Truth