It has now been over a month since I last wore my glasses. God is still keeping the headaches away I don’t have perfect vision yet, but God is giving me little glimpses of what I will have and slowly making my eyes perfect. My team and many from my squad are lifting me up in prayer daily and I know that many of you back at home are doing the same. Thank you, it means a lot to me.
I have had my moments of doubting, and questions throughout this time. The other day I told the girls on the team (we aren’t with our guys this month as they are doing ministry month elsewhere) that I was struggling with the “What if my eyes aren’t healed by the time I go home?” question. I mean yes I have to depend a lot on my teammates right now, but I don’t have to drive or have a job. Most things I can handle with some extra help and if I can’t asking for help is okay. When I go home though nobody can help me drive my car or read to me so I can get a job. I’m not doubting God’s promise to heal, but worried about the timeline of it. After sharing this with the girls Rachael reminded me that in the same way God is providing for me to get around and handle things on the race, if I am still without perfect vision (which she says she doubts will be the case) after the race that He will provide in the same ways. Just because the race ends doesn’t mean His provision does. He is the same God yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Today while out ministering in a village here in our province in Thailand, I shared a testimony with the group of church members there about what God is doing with my eyes. The pastor came up afterwards and commented on what I had shared. He didn’t really talk so much about the part where God is healing my eyes so much as he talked about the part where I talked about my team and how they have supported me and been my eyes throughout this time. He said that it was really what the church needed to hear that they need to be a team and be each others’ eyes.
