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In the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Jeff Parrott.

It's often the case that the only way to experience reorientation is to first undergo disorientation. You've probably experienced that reality if you wear

corrective lenses like classes or contacts. For most people, when they first look through lenses

in a new prescription, their perspective is not initially clearer. It's actually cloudier,

blurrier. Objects seem distorted. You may even experience things like dizziness or headaches. You might even wonder if the eye doctor or the lens

manufacturer somehow made a mistake with your prescription because you know that your new lenses

are supposed to help you see better, not worse.

Why are those newer, better lenses so frustrating to begin with?

This phenomenon is widely referred to as the adjustment period,

a stretch of time that can last anywhere from a few minutes to a few days or even longer.

The problem in the adjustment period, of course,

isn't with the lenses themselves. It's with the natural need for your brain to adapt to the better, clearer images that your eyes are bringing in. You may find that your eyes feel like

they're working harder during the adjustment period, but eventually you get to a point where

your brain and your body are fully in sync, and that temporary blurriness is slowly replaced

with a strengthened capacity to see the beauty around you. A lot of us undergo our own version

of an adjustment period when it comes to our experience with God in the Bible.

We're confronted with a limited or a small view of God that needs to be corrected and clarified.

But with faith, this adjustment period doesn't usually last for just one little stretch of time.

In fact, the more we're encountered by God and explore

his word, we find ourselves undergoing a kind of ongoing adjustment period. It's like we're

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