OPINION (Charisma) – A number of years ago, I sat in an audience listening to T.L. Osborne, the legendary evangelist. He asked us to stand if we would give up our eyes for a million dollars. Not one person stood to realize how much we take for granted. Fifteen years ago, I lost the sight in my left eye from a condition for which there is no treatment. Recently, I began experiencing similar symptoms in my right eye and was catapulted into the possibility of total blindness. Please pray for miraculous intervention. Jesus said, “The light of the body is the eye” (Matt. 6:22). Close your eyes for two minutes and imagine what it’s like not to see.
Of the five senses, which would be most devastating to lose? Imagine the trauma of never seeing your children or grandchildren again, never driving, reading, writing and seeing the light of day. It’s a terrifying prospect. Helen Keller, who had no hearing or sight, told us, “The only thing worse than having no sight is having no vision.” As we all experience the realities of aging, it’s imperative that to have a biblically informed perspective on maladies we may face. Some have faith to live until 120 or can purchase facial makeovers, injections and implants, but Scripture tells us, “Our outward man is perishing, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day” (2 Cor. 4:16). CONTINUE
