My new year began with a miraculous event–I had cataract surgery. The surgery itself may not seem like a miracle–it’s a fairly routine procedure–but the result was nothing short of miraculous. If you’ve had cataracts removed, you’ll understand when I say that I didn’t know how sub-par my vision was until I had the procedure. The miracle of sight is not to be taken lightly.
In the days prior to my eye surgery, I found myself smiling as I hummed the old hymn “Open My Eyes That I May See,” written by Clara H. Scott over 100 years ago. A midwesterner from Illinois, Scott was the first woman to publish a volume of anthems, the Royal Anthem Book, in 1882.
Her hymn “Be Thou My Vision,” published in 1895, just two years before her death, was inspired by Psalm 119:18: “Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.” With cataract surgery in the rearview mirror, so to speak, my eyes have been opened so that I can again see wonderful things.
Open my eyes, that I may see
glimpses of truth thou hast for me;
place in my hand the wonderful key
that shall unclasp and set me free.Silently now I wait for Thee, Ready, my God, Thy will to see:
Open my eyes, illumine me, Savior divine!
But Psalm 119 is far from being the only passage in the Bible that refers to vision and sight. In 1 Corinthians 13, just after the well-known “love passage,” the Apostle Paul writes:
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part, but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Paul had first-hand knowledge about having his sight restored (Acts 9), so his words resonate with me. But the beautiful and somewhat mystifying imagery from the King James version–“through a glass darkly”–is better explained, in my mind, in the New Living Translation (1 Cor 13:12):
Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
Our physical vision may be restored by a skilled surgeon, but when the Great Physician restores our spiritual sight, the answers to all of His miraculous mysteries will be made clear. We will know God face to face, just as He knows us now.
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Your post today really caught my attention Teresa, my son is 42 and my daughter law in her late 30s, and are both 100% blind. Their two children (2 &10) are perfectly sighted, so I read with interest your observations. Eyesight is an amazing gift from God.
Prayers for your total recovery, thank you 🌺
As always, thanks for reading, CaptBill. Your son and DIL must have amazing inner strength! Praying for them as they raise their precious children.