Patchless

The great Billy Graham said, “It takes an average of 40 people working with God to bring someone to Christ. The first one thinks he did nothing and the last one thinks he did everything.”

I was having lunch with a family in Tyler last week. We finished our lunch at the “not to be missed” New York Deli. I got back in the rent car to race off to my next appointment, when the wife knocked on my window. “I can’t let you leave without praying for your eye.” She placed her hand over my patch and prayed. I was thankful that she prayed, but quite honestly, it was just a prayer in a long, long line of apparent unanswered prayers. I have not lost faith that God could heal, but after 4 months, I was getting weary.

At the end of the day, I began to unwind at my hotel. Per usual, at the end of the evening, I remove my patch to get ready to go to bed. I was in the bathroom in front of the big mirror and removed my patch. I thought something was wrong. As I removed this “thorn,” I was able to stare at myself without the world spinning around me. I was actually able to focus. This was the first time in 4 months that I could look at the world around me, and not get sick. My eye is still not normal, but what an incredible blessing to see with both eyes.

I believe prayer is much like bringing someone into relationship with Christ. Those who have been praying for me for months might have given up hope for an answer. This begins to describe me…praying for my own healing. The woman who prayed the final prayer before my eye was healed is no more important in the Lord’s eyes that those who have been praying for months.

I would encourage you to keep praying…no matter how dark and unanswerable your request may seem. We serve an amazing God…a Father who cares for us deeply.

To God be the glory as He continues to heal my eye, and as He continues to heal your circumstance.