“He’s just as handsome as I always thought he was,” said Debra when she-saw her husband for the first time. The bandages had just been removed from Debra’s eyes following a successful eye operation. The first person she saw was her husband.
Debra had been almost completely blind since birth. Doctors had told her many times that there was no hope she would ever see.
And now her nine-month-old son was being handed to her. “Our little boy!” she cried and laughed at the same time. “Everyone used to tell me about all the cute things he was doing. I could never see these cute things, but now I can see all of them. That’s the biggest joy of all!”
All her life Debra could only see things as they appear when you look through a shower curtain or a steamed-up window. As a child one of her eyes had to be removed.
The new kind of operation that gave Debra sight in the eye she still had is called a cornea transplant. The cornea is the clear part of the eye that covers the pupil and iris. This cornea is removed from the eye of one person (called a donor) and transplanted to the eye of the blind person. The donor is usually a peon who has just died who had good, healthy eyes. The donor for Debra’s eye was an 18-year-old girl who had been killed in an accident. Debra could now see with the eyes of someone who had died.
We read of many blind people in the Bible. In John’s gospel there is a story of the Lord Jesus Christ giving sight to a young man who had been born blind. No operations were needed. He gave sight to eyes that had never seen. How did the young man respond after he could see? In the 38th verse of the 9th chapter it says, “he worshipped Him.” He knew Who it was that had given him his sight, and he worshipped Him.
In 2 Corinthians 4:44In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. (2 Corinthians 4:4), God speaking through Paul says, “The god of this world (Satan) hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”
Which group are you in? Are you worshipping God like the young man in John’s gospel, because He has made you see that you need a Saviour? Have you seen that you are a sinner, and that there is nothing you can do for yourself? Have you seen the wonderful gift of salvation that the Lord Jesus has for you? The Lord Jesus died on the cross for your sins. He wants to wash your sins away, if you will just ask Him. Will you accept His gift of salvation?
Don’t let Satan continue to blind your mind. The light that the Lord Jesus is offering is not just for new eyes, but it opens the mind and the heart. This salvation is free, because of Christ’s work on the cross. All you have to do is believe that He died for you.
Debra received a new eye that allowed her to see and enjoy the beauties of sight. God is offering you something much better—a new, happy life that goes on forever with Him in heaven.
ML-01/10/1982