peripheral vision...

Because I don't like to give out bad or incorrect information...of course...i looked up the term...peripheral vision...on the internet...

boy...the internet is a useful tool...you can find everything on the internet...even the bible and bible studies and essays and church and well...i digress...

one of the definitions that i found...

When you see something out of the corner of your eye, that's called peripheral vision. and While you rely on straight-ahead, central vision for reading, driving and recognizing friends and objects, your peripheral vision is essential for sensing movement, depth perception and orientation.

so...what that says to me...is that what you see right in front of you is what you focus on...but there are things that you can see out of the corner of your eye that make up your "BIG PICTURE"...

my question today...is...what is in your big picture? what is it that you are focusing on and what is it that you are seeing out of the corner of your eye?

when i'm driving...i tend to focus on a few things...the car in front of me...the traffic lights...the road signs...the markings on the pavement...you know the lines and the arrows...all of these things give me direction while i'm driving...they help me to determine when i'm supposed to do what i'm supposed to be doing...they direct the ebb and flow of traffic...

but those are not the only things i see when i'm driving...i see the mcdonalds signs and the wendy's signs and the popeye's chicken signs and the krispy kreme hot now signs...sounds like i like to eat...but i see the shiny new cars on the carlots that i pass by and i see the bulletin boards advertising the low cost airtrain fares and i see who the century 21 agent of the month is and i see the little signs on the side of the road...credit repair...who buys ugly houses and shampoo your carpet for $5 a room...don't believe that one...

but all of these are things that are in my peripheral vision...things that have nothing whatsoever to do with where i'm going...or how i'm going to get there...these are simply things that distract me from my journey...

let me say that again...things that simply distract me from my journey...

so the question becomes...do i allow the things that are in my peripheral vision to change my course?

as christians...as believers...god is supposed our focus...our destination even...and the bible has been so wonderfully provided to us as a road map...in it...we find the things that we are supposed to focus on...delighting ourselves in him...keeping our minds stayed on him...drawing nigh to him...praying to him...tithing to him...witnessing about him...praising him...serving him...honoring him...loving him...making him the head of our lives...letting him handle the details...

but so many times...the things that go on in our lives...distract us from our journey...some of it satan sends...yes...the enemy would love nothing more than to throw up roadblocks in our way and send us on a detour...but all of it is not the enemy...some of it is you...


okay..there is a lot more that i want to touch on here...but i need to get ready to go to choir rehearsal...

i want to talk about tunnel vision...

want to talk about mary having tunnel vision and martha being distracted by her peripheral vision...