Last Friday, I visited Optic Point (in Jurong East) to have a new pair of spectacles made as the coloured coat of the frame was coming off. For quite a while, I had been assuming that the usual outlet (the one in Jurong Point) that I always patronised had shifted out of the shopping complex. That was what happened to the clinic, Alpha Baby And Child Specialists, of my children's paediatrician, Dr Agnes Tay. The management had increased the rental price and, hence, Dr Tay decided to relocate her clinic to block 135 in Jurong East.
Every year, all the teachers in Daniel's school, Fuhua Secondary School, would be given a $100 Optic Point voucher each on Teachers' Day. I am always the privileged one to take advantage of the discount, though Daniel could have used it for himself as he wears spectacles too.
The optician, a Filipino, checked my current pair of spectacles and then my eyes with an equipment that required me to rest my chin on it. He told me that both my right and left vision had improved! Later, he brought me into a dark room for the 'manual' eye check, where he placed an extremely ugly and nerdy pair of glasses (you bespectacled folks should know what I am referring to) on me. He took a very long time just to determine the final result of my eyes. I observed that he remained extremely patient and polite throughout the check even though the customer (that's me) was getting rather impatient with his super-duper slow service. Nevertheless, I still admired his good and praise-worthy attributes as we really need more of these people in the service industry! Well, I was very, very pleased with the outcome of the check. It turned out that the result of the manual check was better than the one done using the equipment. Both my left (3.00 current, 2.75 equipment, 2.50 manual) and right (3.75 current, 3.50 equipment, 3.25 manual) visions had improved, though the astigmatism of my right eye had doubled! Praise the Lord!!!
When I was back home, I began pondering over this new miracle. I wondered whether the healing took place because of the trickling effects of the prayers for divine healing of yesteryears (read Part 1) or the constant partaking of the Holy Communion and declaring God's Word (Truth) over myself. Well, does it really matter? All I need to know is that my loving Abba Father wants me well and whole.
Before I went to sleep that night, I suddenly recalled that a few months ago, I was experiencing a 'drooping' left eyelid. Let me illustrate. When I opened my eyes, I would notice that my left eyelid looked very funny and different from the right one. Instead of the usual clear and distinct double eyelids that I would see when my eyes were opened, I realised that my left eye was only 4/5 opened, even though I was already attempting to open my eyes wider than normal! My very first thought was, "Is this a sign of aging or am I lacking in sleep??" I was so troubled that I covered my eyes with my hands and prayed. I told Abba Father that my eyes were under His grace and, because I was a daughter of Sarah, my youth was renewed like the eagle's. Sarah was the only woman in the Old Testament with her youth (and beauty) renewed, so much so that two heathen kings wanted her (probably an eighty-something-year-old lady then) for their harems! Read Genesis 12:10-20 and 20:1-18. So, all sisters-in-Christ, be of good cheer as we are all Daughters of Sarah.!
Not only had the wierd looking condition disappeared, my overall vision had also improved over the years. As Christians, we should not accept the world's beliefs that as we age, we will have aches all over our bodies and/or our eyesight deteriorates, etc.. We are under a much better management (GRACE) and have a much higher life than the world's. Go for the zoe (God-kind of, promunced as zo-a) life!
As an earthly mother, I would always think of ways to love and bless my beloved children, Caleb and Naomi. Magnify that love (though mine is imperfect and sometimes conditional) an infinite times over, you will know how much God loves you. And His love is perfect and unconditional! Have you received His love today? "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him." Matthew 7:11.
God's Beloved
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