The Lord Gives Sight to the Blind

Many months ago, when Josh was diagnosed with aphakic glaucoma, I sat down with my Bible to seek some comfort. It literally fell open to Psalm 146:8 "The Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous."

I closed my Bible and put it aside. Many times since, my Bible has fallen open to the same spot. Many times I have pondered the meaning behind this. Not just the meaning behind the verse, but why God keeps drawing my attention to this verse. Josh was still struggling and I was still bowed down in worry over the health of his eye.

After Josh was born and was diagnosed with PHPV, we went to the elders in our church and had him prayed for and annointed with oil, as directed in James 5:14-15. We proceeded with our plans for Josh's surgery, not knowing if God would heal him an a supernatural way, or through the hands of a surgeon.
Gene and I sat in the waitingroom the day of surgery and laughed that we would not be surprised if the surgeon came out and said he doesn't know what happened, but the cataract is gone and the eye is perfectly formed, no need for surgery. We would be rejoicing about how powerful our God is.

But it did not happen that way. Josh still had his cataract when the surgeon went in, the eye still had PHPV. Josh has had numerous complications. The complication of aphakic glaucoma is the one we did not want to see develop, yet it did.

Did God let us down? NO! Is God still powerful? Yes! Is he still worthy of our praise? Yes!
All of those questions were easy for me to answer, no hesitation. But the question of why God continues to direct me to Ps. 146:8 continued to go unanswered. By all definitions Josh is has not been healed, or even cured. Yet, God has given him sight. If it were not for the technology God has made available, our son would be blind. If the surgery had not been performed, the contact been fitted, the healthy eye patched daily, the glaucoma drops administered twice daily, Josh would be blind.

Some would argue that it was man that caused Josh to see. I disagree. The human mind is nothing in and of itself. God is the one who revealed many wonders to man. God is the one who guided the surgeons hand, gave him the skills and knowledge to care for my son. God was the one who prompted someone to experiment with patching the healthy eye to make the diseased eye exercise and grow stronger.

Yes, "the Lord gives sight to the blind, and he lifts up those who are bowed down" (he even lifts up the mama who is bowed down with worry about her little son.)

*****Josh was seen by the pediatric ophthalmologist last week. With his contact lens and glasses his vision was about 20/32-20/40 in his eye with PHPV. The pressure in both eyes was great. (It had been creeping up in the previous visit, but was back down where it should be.) Blessed be the name of the Lord!!!