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Today's talk comes from Pastor Ben Stewart.

Well, when Hannah, our oldest, was born, we noticed pretty quickly that there was something going on with her eye,

that one of her eyes would pull hard in towards her nose.

And a doctor told us that's her muscles working overtime to try to help her focus in order to see.

And he said she has trouble seeing, so she's going to need glasses.

And remember, as he said that, I was kind of stressed about it, to be honest, because my little sister growing up had glasses.

And she hated them. She would break them. She would hide them. She tried to flush them down the toilet.

And I was just like, oh, man, I don't want to deal with this. You can't reason with a one-year-old about the benefits of these things.

And I just thought I was on board for a ride.

So I was really shocked when we gave in these glasses, and she put them on, that she never tried to take them off.

She never resisted them. She was happy about these glasses.

And I remember talking to my wife and saying, why do you think she's never trying to throw them away or hide them?

Why do you think she likes them? And my wife was like, Ben, I think she likes them because she can see.

She said, before she could only see what was up close, so her whole life was just reacting to what was suddenly in her grill.

She said, now she's been given the gift of perspective. And with that, there's a piece and an enjoyment.

And I mention that because I think that's what we need more of.

I think if we're honest today, that much of our modern life, particularly the last two years,

it's just been reacting to what's suddenly in front of us.

And that's not a fun place to live.

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