October 3, 2026
Before my husband reads this column, I am apologizing for not telling him sooner about a near miss I had on the road earlier this week.
I was making a left hand turn out of the pharmacy. I looked both ways and pulled out, almost hitting a truck — not just any truck but a new truck.
I did not even see this truck because it happened to be in my blind spot between my window and the front windshield.
Thankfully the driver saw me.
The near miss gave me a moment of panic. As I was driving home, I started thinking about blind spots in my life as well. Basically, a blind spot is any area of your life that you cannot easily see something that you probably need to see. Maybe it’s a thought process, an emotion, behavior, or even a pattern which we are unaware of or just don’t recognize.
We all have blind spots. Mine are probably different from yours, but we all have them. I thought about worry. I will admit I am a worrier. I can easily worry about things that I have no control over. The only way to cure my blind spot of worrying is to continually give it back to God. In Philippians 4:6-7 the Bible says, “Do not be anxious (worry) about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
It would be so crazy of me to think that I am ultimately the one who is responsible for the outcome of the things I worry about. God is in charge, and the only way to cure my anxious, worrying mind is to pray and leave my worry in His hands.
Is that an easy thing for me to do? Absolutely not. I just have to remind myself, when my view is obstructed and I am worrying, the only cure for that blind spot is God.
Another blind spot I can suffer from is being a perfectionist. I am my own worst enemy. If I mess up, think I have said or done something wrong, I don’t really need anyone else to critique me because I can critique, second guess myself, and rehash it all many times.
I can really struggle with this unhealthy pattern. It is a blind spot in my thought process. There has only been ONE perfect person, and it definitely is not me.
In Hebrews 12:1 the Bible says, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”
Perfectionism is a sin. It doesn’t do anything but cause me to have a fear of failure and damage my self-worth. Do I need to always try to do my best at my job, with my family, and in my life? Yes of course. The problem arises when I have unrealistic expectations of myself. I will make mistakes. I will say or do the wrong things. I am human. When I am striving for unrealistic perfection my view of God is obstructed, and my focus is definitely clouded. The only cure for this blind spot is to lay the weight of perfectionism aside and run my race of life focusing on God.
There are a lot of other blind spots we might suffer from such as a parent telling your children to speak with kindness and then you don’t see the times that you are speaking unkindly.
We can be critical of others which could be a pattern we might be unaware of but it is a blind spot if we don’t recognize and correct it.
My point is that we all have blind spots because we all sin. We might have different blind spots at different times in our lives. The only answer to blind spots is keeping your eyes on Jesus.
Psalms 16:8 says, “I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”
To remove the blind spots in our heart, our mind, our work, and every part of our lives, we must keep our eyes on the Lord.
I am so very thankful I did not hit that truck earlier in the week. I’m sure that, after my husband reads this article, he will be thankful as well. However, I am thankful that we have a God who wants to remove our blind spots if we just keep our focus on Him. I’m praying for my eyes to be open and my heart to be receptive to see, recognize, and remove the blind spots in my life daily.
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Jill Johnson, a staff member at the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, finds spiritual applications in her everyday experiences as a wife, mother, grandmother and Georgian. She is available to speak to your church's women's gatherings. Reach her at jjohnson@gabaptist.org.
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