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Hi friends, Amber Ginter here with another daily devotional for you. So today's verse we're going to be looking at is Psalm 119, 18. And that verse of scripture says, Open my eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of the law. I think one funny thing that has happened to me as I have grown older, and older being I'm 27, I'll be 28 in January, is that I'm realizing I cannot see and hear as well as I once was able. So last year in 2022, I finally went to the eye doctor because I realized, oh, I'm paying for insurance that includes vision, and I've never been to the eye doctor. That's probably not good. And when I was little, I always avoided the little like eye reading test at school because I was so anxious about it, which is not the way to go. But so anyways, I was like, okay, I don't think I have the best eyes because I have started to notice that like, when I do things or see things, like, that seems kind of fuzzy. I feel like my eyes are having to strain like I'm like, I can't really see. And so I went to the eye doctor. And I am doing like horrible on the test. They did a little puff of air in your eye. You're just like, oh, great. And then I'm like, oh, man, I really can't see. And specifically, I have trouble seeing in the dark, like night driving, morning driving when it's dark, absolutely horrific for me. So of course, when they do the test, they like turn the lights off and the little board goes up with the green and red letters. And I'm like, oh, my gosh, I cannot see. And so I'm like really poor. And all of a sudden, when I meet the doctor, they put the little pair of like lenses in front of your eyes. And I'm like, whoa. Like I can totally see so much better. And so long story short, I got some glasses to wear primarily during night driving. But over the past year, I feel like my eyes have gotten worse. And I'm starting to not be able to see super clearly, especially right now in my, you know, fifth year of teaching. It's not a really big deal because I'm up close to stuff all the time. And so it's not like I need to really see far away. But it's becoming more problematic. And that really got me thinking about how daily we need to remember to put on our God lenses or our godly crafted glasses because we need his help to see with godly 20-20 vision or spiritual 20-20 vision. And so I love Psalm 119-18 because it's reminding me and us to keep our eyes open that we may know and understand how God's scripture applies to our life, how it can be life-giving, how it can be a breath of fresh air, but also to open our eyes in the world in which we're living and to really see, to put on that pair of glasses and say, okay, in this circumstance that I see with my human eye, how can I apply that to my spiritual life? How can I use what I'm going through to grow, to develop? And how can I see the world through that lens? So my prayer for you today is that you'll remember to put on those glasses, the glasses that help us to open our eyes to behold the wondrous things of the law, the wondrous things of Christ and all that he has planned for each of us. I pray that you guys have a wonderful day and I hope this blesses you. Bye.