Sight....

Eyesight....

I can remember going to the eye doctor when I was I the fifth grade. I had gotten closer and closer to the blackboard, and the tv, as everything was fuzzy...

New glasses, voila, sight...what a wonderful world again...crisp and distinct....

After high school graduation, contact lenses,  no glasses,   That was such a treat....didn't look so bookish, even though I was...then back to glasses after allergy to solutions...and so much sand in Nevada.....no lasak like my kids ....eyes too inconsistent...later laser surgery for pucker, and on and on, tear ducts, eye pressure...cornea....

Eyesight , so fragile....so important....we use it for everything....

There is an advertisement, now that says we can see a single candle light at 10 miles...they must be of the Bonneville  salt flats to do that... When you think of that and put it with the passage about a light hidden or not hidden under a bushel...that light shines greatly in a dark world...but we need to see.....both with our hearts and eyes....

Our eyes are so intricate....so many pieces, and they work together with such precision ...colors, shapes, light and dark. And all between....until we don't have it, we sometimes don't appreciate it....an artist's eye, an engineer's eye, a repairman's eye, an educator's eye, a policeman's eye....All seeing different things...but seeing.....using those God created and given eyes....

And when I think about God seeing all.....something that far more than I can imagine in my finite mind...

I appreciate that Jesus was concerned and healed many of blindness of their eyes....
He had compassion and power to do that.... It was a felt need...when they, we, And I really the blindness cured of my heart...soul...form the darkness of sin....with the light and sight of the Word...

Thank YOU that you do indeed heal the blind both in sight and heart ....with the illumination of Your word...help me to seek that light, to freely see YOu in me, around me, in all...that You do...say...

Exodus 4:11
The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

Deuteronomy 6:18
Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors,

Psalm 146:8
the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous.

Proverbs 29:13
The poor and the oppressor have this in common: The Lord gives sight to the eyes of both.


Matthew 20:Two Blind Men Receive Sight

29 As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. 30 Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

31 The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

32 Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.

33 “Lord,” they answered, “we want our sight.”

34 Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

Matthew 11:5
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.

Mark 8:25
Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

Mark 10:46
[ Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight ] Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging.

Mark 10:52
“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

Luke 4:18
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,

Luke 7:21
At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind.