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My eyes are my greatest insecurity.

I underwent surgery for infantile esotropia (crossed eyes) when I was six months old. Early surgical intervention gives young eyes a chance to develop binocular vision (eyes that work together, but the effects "wear off" in time.

Over the last decade, I've lost binocular vision, and, consequently, developed severe eye strain, visual impairment, and loss of eye control. I stay mortified in every moment of eye contact (even with my husband), appearing on videos, or standing in front of crowds.

This week, I got new lenses for my glasses - and multifocals at that! I haven't updated my prescription in four years, and the strain was impacting much of my life. I was shocked to my core when I put them on. I felt like I had been given the keys to the kingdom and superhuman vision all at once. I looked at the optometrist's smiling face and realized I had never really seen him. I stammered, "Is this what life looks like for everybody else?"

Nothing had changed except my optics, but everything was different.

Paul said, "Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely." (1 Corinthians 13:12)

Paul wasn't talking about the day you see a smiling optometrist's face fully for the first time. We will see clearly for the first time when we see how complete the love of Jesus is.

One day, our eyes will gaze upon Jesus' smiling face, and we'll see True Love that always loved us. We were created for unblemished, un-blurred love. It's a kind of love that sees every crevice of our hearts, understands every question in our minds. And He loves without stopping. Ever-seeing. Ever-forgiving. Complete love. His name is Jesus.

Listen to Hope Darst's "Mighty Name of Jesus".