Focus
Lots of people have asked how my eyes are doing. Thanks so much for checking! If I look through one eye, I get a distorted picture. If I look through the other, things are blurry. But looking through both, they are adjusting and things are looking clearer. And therein is a lesson! 
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Fall is a momentous time of year for our family. Ten years ago, T was born. We were so excited, not knowing that 24 hours later, our world would come crashing down as he was diagnosed with a severe heart defect, put on a vent and rushed by ambulance to the children's hospital where he would undergo two open heart surgeries within the next several days.
Three years ago, we had just welcomed Kelli and her family home from the Philippines and were so excited about the upcoming arrival of Graham, and the anticipated opening of the West campus. We didn't know that three weeks later, I would be temporarily "sidelined" with cancer.
In hindsight, I am so glad that we didn't know what was coming in either situation. And in looking back now, we can focus on the difficulty of those times, or we can remember all the amazing things that God did and how He used those situations for good.
It's all about focus and we have a choice. Which "eye" are we using? Which lens are we looking through? The distorted one, the one that blurs the picture? Or the big picture where we stand back and choose joy, even on the days when we are choosing through tears?
I choose joy. Every time.
“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 NLT
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