Suzy is a little Chinese girl who was born blind. Her world was only darkness, because she could not even see light. She had never seen the faces of her own mother and father, and, sadly, she could not remember their voices, for they had not kept her. Perhaps because she was blind, they had taken her as a baby to the door of an orphanage in China and left her there. But our kind Father in heaven loves every boy and girl born into this world, and He did not desert this helpless, blind baby girl. He is the caring and loving “Father of all” (Ephesians 4).
The blind Chinese baby was found where she had been left on the hard steps of the orphanage and picked up by kind arms and given a bed and food. The orphanage named her Suzy, but there were even better things in store for her.
A kind couple in the United States decided that they wanted to adopt Suzy - to take her into their home to raise as their very own daughter. Even before they saw her, they had a lot of love in their hearts for her. And once they saw her cute little face, they loved her even more.
As Suzy grew she brought a lot of sunshine into their lives, even though she lived in a dark world. At least she had parents to love her and take care of her. But these kind parents wanted the very best for their little girl, and soon they were taking her to doctors to learn more about her blind eyes. They found out that she had cataracts - a clouding that blocks out light - that were making it impossible for her to see. The doctors said an operation on each eye could remove the cataracts.
One happy day after the operations, the bandages were removed and Suzy could see for the first time. How happy that made her! By then she was already five years old, and finally she could begin to learn so much more about the world around her that she had never seen. Suzy is one of the oldest children on record to have sight for the first time, and doctors are very interested to see how well she learns with sight.
The Bible tells a story about a blind man. One day the friends of the blind man asked the Lord Jesus to give him his sight. The Lord Jesus did open his eyes, and then He asked the man what he saw. He said, “I see men as trees, walking.” He was not seeing clearly, but that was not a problem to the Lord Jesus! He touched his eyes again, and then he “saw every man clearly.” This is a good example of the “eyes of our hearts” or understanding. Many of you reading this story may have been raised in Christian homes where you accepted the Lord Jesus as your Saviour at an early age, and perhaps you are used to “seeing Him.” But some of you may have accepted Him as your Saviour more recently, and perhaps you feel like you will never “see” or understand things about Him as well as those who have been following Him for a long time. But you can tell the Lord Jesus about the “eyes of your heart” not seeing clearly, and He can make them work just as well as someone who has been following Him much longer than you. He is still interested in helping His children through every difficulty of their lives, and He invites you to “[cast] all your care upon Him; for He careth for you” (1 Peter 5:77Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. (1 Peter 5:7)). In another place He says, “Ye have not, because ye ask not” (James 4:22Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. (James 4:2)).
He wants to give you every good thing. Are you ready to receive them?
ML-09/05/1999