Hi Ned,
Thanks for sharing that.
Vinny
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: for God's Glory a devotion that caused my question...


> Thank you Ned for that example.  I really appreciated it.  Kathy
>
>
> At 05:18 PM 1/27/2006, you wrote:
>>Kathy,
>>I under what you are saying about you situation of blindness and wanting
>>sight.  In 1970, while I was pastoring the Cleveland Avenue Christian 
>>CHurch
>>in southeast Atlanta, I had a cornea transplant. I had been praying for 
>>some
>>time asking the Lord to give me sight that I might serve Him better. There
>>were many other Christians in many states that were praying with me.  I 
>>was,
>>at that time, a member of a christian network on Amateur radio and met 
>>with
>>many preachers and other christians each morning on the radio. The time
>>came, I received the call and rushed to the hospital.  They had acquired a
>>cornea and were ready to do the surgery.  I p[rayed so hard for sight but 
>>I
>>told the Lord that I realized that I didn't know the future and I knew He
>>did.  I told Him that if I could be a better servant without sight then
>>please don't give it to me. Everything went extremely well and I was, 
>>after
>>the surgery, able to see far more light and color than before and to see 
>>it
>>from a much greater distance.  Later, maybe more than a year later, while
>>lifting weights with a friend of mine three times a week, I hemorhaged in
>>the left eye and subsequently lost all my potential vision.  I was told by
>>my doctor that when the eye hemorhaged, it started to degenerate and the
>>optic nerve had died. So, I took it that I could serve Him better without
>>sight.  I know of many times when people have been blessed by people with
>>handicapps or disabilities.  I remember, too, that the apostle Paul said
>>that God told him when he ask for the removal of his "thorn in the flesh"
>>"My strength is made known in your weakness.  I believe that people see
>>those who have some limitation or disability gladly serving God and giving
>>Him the glory for all they are and have and they are encouraged.
>>God can certainly use you and any of us with our blindness to be a real
>>blessing and encouragement to many.
>>
>>Ned
>