No Eye Has Seen
1 Corinthians 2:9-10
However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him" —but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
2 Corinthians 4:18
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
As I write this, there is so much on my mind, so many things happening in the world, even in my little corner of the world. I can't pretend to understand them, although I ask for wisdom to do so. I also ask the Lord for courage and strength to make it through. The two verses above came to mind as I began.
About three weeks ago, I went for my yearly eye exam. I switched eye doctors, which is something I'd wanted to do for awhile. This new eye doc said to me after the exam, "I don't mean to alarm you [don't you hate it when they start out like that?], but I believe you have something called narrow angle glaucoma." He kind of explained what this is and referred me to a specialist. I researched it online and was a little unnerved. More unnerving was the fact that I had to wait three weeks for the appointment with the specialist. Friday was the day. I went there knowing that it was possible I would need some laser surgery, but sincerely thought the specialist was going to check me out and find nothing wrong, especially since I'd had no symptoms.
A few hours later, I left the office, having had my left eye lasered and knowing that I have to return next Thursday to have the right eye done. This was a supposedly painless procedure (apparently the person who wrote that has never had the procedure done). It is to prevent me from going blind. I am so farsighted that ... if you want more details, feel free to google "narrow angle glaucoma". I even found a video on YouTube, posted by some eye doc in Florida.
As if this stuff weren't bad enough, I can't take any antihistamines for two weeks while this correction is taking place--and this is the height of the allergy season. So, I need your prayers to make it through these two weeks with few headaches and the ability to breathe (thankfully I can still take Advair and Albuterol since those are actually for asthma). Praise the Lord for the rain the past two days!
I know I told some of you about the eye stuff before the fact and some of you I didn't. It kind of caught me off guard. The specialist was even surprised that I hadn't had any symptoms. I think I've been so focused on what's going on with my friend Grace and her abrupt cancer diagnosis and treatment that it slipped my mind. Plus I really thought it was all a big hoax.
To top off everything else, my step dad fell last week and has suffered a major spinal cord injury which has rendered him paralyzed until they perform surgery to relieve some pressure on his spinal cord (scheduled for 8:30 am Eastern time on April 28). Please pray for him and my mom. There is a lot of story that I am leaving unsaid about this. If you want more, please call me.
I don't mean to be, but I'm feeling a bit like a doom-sayer these days (I even watched Glenn Beck and Joel Rosenberg talk about end times on Beck's Friday evening show), but I'm actually quite upbeat despite all that is happening. Maybe I needed to open this blog entry kind of like Rosenberg's new novel, "I pray to God that the events [in my mind] don't come true." I admit that I have had a rough month, with many sleepless nights, but maybe, just maybe I'm learning to "live above the news". How about you?
However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him" —but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
2 Corinthians 4:18
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
As I write this, there is so much on my mind, so many things happening in the world, even in my little corner of the world. I can't pretend to understand them, although I ask for wisdom to do so. I also ask the Lord for courage and strength to make it through. The two verses above came to mind as I began.
About three weeks ago, I went for my yearly eye exam. I switched eye doctors, which is something I'd wanted to do for awhile. This new eye doc said to me after the exam, "I don't mean to alarm you [don't you hate it when they start out like that?], but I believe you have something called narrow angle glaucoma." He kind of explained what this is and referred me to a specialist. I researched it online and was a little unnerved. More unnerving was the fact that I had to wait three weeks for the appointment with the specialist. Friday was the day. I went there knowing that it was possible I would need some laser surgery, but sincerely thought the specialist was going to check me out and find nothing wrong, especially since I'd had no symptoms.
A few hours later, I left the office, having had my left eye lasered and knowing that I have to return next Thursday to have the right eye done. This was a supposedly painless procedure (apparently the person who wrote that has never had the procedure done). It is to prevent me from going blind. I am so farsighted that ... if you want more details, feel free to google "narrow angle glaucoma". I even found a video on YouTube, posted by some eye doc in Florida.
As if this stuff weren't bad enough, I can't take any antihistamines for two weeks while this correction is taking place--and this is the height of the allergy season. So, I need your prayers to make it through these two weeks with few headaches and the ability to breathe (thankfully I can still take Advair and Albuterol since those are actually for asthma). Praise the Lord for the rain the past two days!
I know I told some of you about the eye stuff before the fact and some of you I didn't. It kind of caught me off guard. The specialist was even surprised that I hadn't had any symptoms. I think I've been so focused on what's going on with my friend Grace and her abrupt cancer diagnosis and treatment that it slipped my mind. Plus I really thought it was all a big hoax.
To top off everything else, my step dad fell last week and has suffered a major spinal cord injury which has rendered him paralyzed until they perform surgery to relieve some pressure on his spinal cord (scheduled for 8:30 am Eastern time on April 28). Please pray for him and my mom. There is a lot of story that I am leaving unsaid about this. If you want more, please call me.
I don't mean to be, but I'm feeling a bit like a doom-sayer these days (I even watched Glenn Beck and Joel Rosenberg talk about end times on Beck's Friday evening show), but I'm actually quite upbeat despite all that is happening. Maybe I needed to open this blog entry kind of like Rosenberg's new novel, "I pray to God that the events [in my mind] don't come true." I admit that I have had a rough month, with many sleepless nights, but maybe, just maybe I'm learning to "live above the news". How about you?
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My boss, 39 yrs old, also was just diagnosed with caracts and is having the procedure on May 1st and 15th. The specialist told her that cataracts are a side effect from taking steroids. (She has asthma) and has taken steroids over the years(inhalers). This was news to me. She went to 2 Dr's and that is what they told her. Happy Birthday!
Please feel me in on your step Dad's accident. I have tried to contact, but just left a message.