Daily Devotions

We continue with the generosity teaching of Proverbs. “Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.” Proverbs 21:13

“I had no idea what was coming at me," said ophthalmologist Katerina Kurteeva as she painstakingly removed one contact lens after another from the eyes of an elderly patient. All in all, Dr. Kurteeva removed 23 layers of lenses.

It seems the elderly woman either didn’t know or had forgotten that she must remove previous contact lenses before placing new ones. Her blurred vision caused her to keep inserting more lenses in the hopes of correcting the problem. But her vision blurred more and more until she finally sought medical help.

Fortunately, the lenses were removed before permanent damage was done.

Amazingly, this wasn’t even the worst case ever reported, with a UK doctor having removed a record 27 lenses from the eyes of another elderly patient back in 2017.”

There is a saying that “There’s none so BLIND as those who will not see!” Implying that people who deliberately ignore the evidence of their senses are as impaired as those who are physically blind. For me, the classic verse from John's prologue sums up such self-determined blindness.

 “He was in the world,
    the world was there through him,
    and yet the world didn’t even notice.
He came to his own people,
    but they didn’t want him.
But whoever did want him,
    who believed he was who he claimed
    and would do what he said,
He made to be their true selves,
    their child-of-God selves.” John 1:10

When are eyes are opened by God, we can do no other than share the generous gift of Christ. I came across a C.S Lewis quote this week that stopped me in my tracks: "I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."

Remembering God,

help us to always rely on your eternal promises,

so that claiming these promises as our very own,

we may daily grow in love and in our commitment

to our Holy and Righteous God,

and seek to serve God all our days. Amen.