On Friday, Breanne and I had an experience that was unexpected and a little difficult to comprehend, at least while we were in the middle of it.

            We were driving Bryson to Cleveland, which is about an hour from my home, to his school that morning. It was odd because I had an unusual prayer time that morning, I prayed different over our trip, however I didn't think much about it at the time.

            As we were driving, I was sitting in the back seat with the kids, I often take that time to sit and talk with them. I was looking at the truck in front of us, at the time there was nothing odd about it, but as I looked up at it I knew he was going to hit someone and cause an accident. I said 'Bre, stay away from that truck, he is going to hit someone.' She, of course said, 'Mom, don't say that!' But I just knew it.

            Two minutes later he sideswiped a construction truck, glass and metal went flying everywhere. The driver ran off the road, the truck in front of us stayed in the lane of the traffic coming toward him the entire time. Two more people behind him were unable to stay on the road; they ran off the road and through the ditch, which made a total of three people now involved in this horrible accident. The driver that caused the accident, which seemed intentional, simply kept driving at a high rate of speed. He was directly in front of us. I wanted to tell Bre to stop and go back so we could check on the people, but she grabbed her phone and called 911. They quickly dispatched her through to the local police department because they were getting tons of calls about this one man causing accidents and running people off the road.

            Breanne was trying to catch the truck that caused the accident to get his license plate number, in the meantime the police asked her to stay with him until they could get there. That in itself was a little scary to me because we had two small children in the car. This man tried several times to lose Breanne, even turning off and speeding back onto the road, but by the grace of God she stayed on him like glue. Many, many miles later we finally saw police cars and they were able to stop this man and get him off the road.

            This incident ended up taking up most of our day and caused us both to forget about previous appointments because we were trying to make sure this was dealt with properly and that this man would not be able to do that again.

            I was very proud of Breanne, she remained calm and did what needed to be done. Later we talked about it, that is after my knees stopped knocking...and she said something very interesting.

            You see, when the accident happened we were driving toward the people that wrecked, therefore we saw everything, including the intense fear and panic on each person's face, it shook us both up for several hours. Breanne made a statement about when it first happened and she needed to get the license plate number for the police. She said 'Mom, I was so shook up by what I had just seen that my vision was blurred, I couldn't see the license plate number even though I was close enough to read it, the stress of it all blurred my vision and I couldn't read it.' She said 'I had to take a breath, knowing time was vital, I had to stop and take a breath and get my peace and then I was able to see clearly, my vision cleared right up.'

            I thought that was such a profound statement; when we are stressed or anxious our vision can become blurred and we are unable to see what we really need to see at that moment.

            Vision is defined as a perception of something, it is vital that we perceive things correctly, just as it was vital that Breanne perceive that license plate number correctly. However, if we are anxious or stressed it may affect our vision. If that happens, instead of seeing things incorrectly, we need to stop, breathe for a moment, get our peace back and then we will be able to see clearly.

            Vision is important, the Bible says in Proverbs 29:18 that without a vision, people perish. If you have lost your vision, I would strongly suggest you stop and get your peace back and then you will get your vision back.

            Blurred is defined as to smear or stain without obliterating; blot; smudge, to make or become hazy or indistinct in outline or shape, and to make or become dim or dull. Has something happened that has caused your vision to become hazy, indistinct, dim or dull? I believe life and challenges cause that to happen for many of us. However, God is well able to cause our vision to once again become clear and distinct, if we will only ask him to.

            It is my prayer for you today that your vision becomes sharp and clear; as sharp and clear and distinct as it was in the beginning. I pray that whatever has caused it to blur is completely removed from your life this very day. May your vision be clear and may you take that vision and run with it...even this day.

Kim Potter