A New Set of Eyes

After months of encouragement from my wife and the continual affirmation of my already experienced friends, I took the optical plunge...I had lasek surgery performed on both eyes! It was a big step for me because I have worn eye glasses and contact lenses for 22 years of my life, but I finally decided it was time. With all the travel I do, and the money I spend on eye exams, contact lenses, glasses, solution, and other eye stuff...I needed to do something different. I had to be out of my contacts for nearly 5 consecutive weeks, so you can imagine how difficult that was for me! I trusted myself not only to God, but to the experienced care of HPC's own Dr. Fay Woo...who is the absolute best! When they wheeled my back to the surgery room, Dr. Woo introduced me to her qualified team that would be assisting her (another group of HPC'ers--I love the family!!). She then prayed the scriptures over me, gave me an LSU Tiger teddy bear to hold onto (for the big baby inside of me), and gently talked me through the entire procedure. In no time at all, I was being escorted through the parking lot by my wife, sneaking peaks from behind my Stars Wars storm trooper goggles, amazed at the signs I could read and the leaves on all the trees!! I felt a little like blind Bartamaus must have felt when the power of Christ gave him the ability to see the wonderful world around him. Isn't the creativity of God and the ingenuity of modern medicine amazing!!! I'm seeing the world around me with a whole new set of eyes...and I'm praying the Spirit of God would let me see the beautiful moments in Scripture with a new pair as well!!!