Today, I had another visit to my eye doctor. This is my tenth appointment in the past 12 months. The file on both of my eyes could be made into a book, going back more than twenty years. While this monthly adventure has taken me on a wild ride of emotions, I have learned a valuable lesson along the way. You have to experience the bad days before you can appreciate the good ones.
“He feels only the pain of his own body, and he mourns only for himself,” Job 14:22.
For someone hoping to turn a hobby into a full time screen writing career, vision is essential. Yet, some days I wake up to blurred and watery eyes. This usually puts a halt to any thoughts of writing a blog or reading books on character development to enhance my latest project. These fruitless days make me appreciate the gift of sight, something that I have taken for granted for most of my life.
Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail? – Jeremiah 15:18
My most recent diagnosis includes cataracts in each eye. The new one in my left eye is a minor concern. Yet, the one in my surgically repaired eye has clouded my vision, unable to see anything at the moment. Thus, another surgery will be eminent in the next year or so. Despite this obvious obstacle, the Lord has given me peace of mind. I haven’t suffered like Job nor have I been given the bad news Jeremiah regularly received. All I can do is take things one day at a time, appreciating the good things in life that God has allowed me to see.
by Jay Mankus
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