Days of PURPOSEFUL Thankfulness – Day #50

Note: Refer to day number 1 (July 25, 2015 post) if you don’t know what this is all about.

On my way home from work yesterday I was driving down I-70 leaving downtown. The sun was shining beautifully but my eyes were a little weary and itchy. My eyes had been giving me issues over the past 2 or 3 days. A thought passed through my mind, “If I could just get a new pair of eyes…just take these out and replace them I’d…” It was as if my thought was stopped midstream when I heard this inner voice from God, “You can see can’t you?” Quickly I fell back into thankful mode. It was true, as irritating and frustrating my eye issues can be, I see very well. I just need glasses for small print and that’s quite alright. My thoughts switched to how despite the drastic eye issues I’ve had since 2008 there have been no doctor diagnosis of vision impairment due to the scarring that has been left on the white part of my eyes. The scarring is due to abnormal growth of eyelashes “under” my upper lid and on my bottom lids--growing in the direction of my eye instead of away. This condition has caused me to master (with the help of God) the usage of tweezers and a 15x magnification Floxite mirror. Quite often I have to lift my upper left eyelid and peer into that highly magnified mirror that has backlighting to find that lash growing under the lid where no hair should ever grow. And like playing the game, Operation, with those tweezers I pull it out without flinching or blinking. It’s tedious and can work my nerves but more frustrating when I know the hair has re-grown; my left eye is watering due to the very small hair stabbing my eyeball. And though I’ve had to repeat this process on a regular basis for 7 years now, I have not lost any eyesight due to this condition. It would make me more than happy to have a miracle of the scarring disappearing and no longer deal with the abnormal eyelash growth but I believe God’s grace “is sufficient” for me. And in that I CHOOSE to be grateful.

So what about you? What is not so perfect for you right now but despite it you are functioning anyway? Brag on what God has and is doing for you! As a matter of fact, I invite you to use the comment section below to brag on what God has done in your life. After all, He gets all the glory for anything good that happens in our lives and He deserves it. So, tell it! Show your thankfulness! Have a thankful day!