Wow! What a difference!
I just had cataract surgery on my left eye. I don’t ever want to forget the incredible difference from before and after. After surgery Everything is brighter and clearer. I can read my Bible again without using 6x reading glasses. The thing is that I didn’t know how bad it was until it was corrected.
It seems like a great analogy of the difference between my life before being saved by Jesus, filled with darkness and fear and because it was so dark I did a lot of stumbling around doing stupid and hurtful things. Then the light came in the form of love and forgiveness. Jesus died for me, to pay for all my sins.
In the Gospel of John, John says this “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:1-5
I still stumble on occasion but now I have a savior who is himself a fountain of grace and forgiveness. Now since meeting Jesus There is light and hope and direction and a plan for my good. His plan for my good.
Each day now the difference of before and after is becoming less exciting as I replace what was with what is.
In a couple of weeks I will be having the right eye fixed and both of my eyes will be working better than they have for decades. I don’t want to forget the change from what was my vision to what is my vision. Likewise I don’t want to forget my before and after in my spiritual life. I want to continue to be amazed with my loving God and what he brought me out of and the splendiferous life I now get live.
I don’t want my prayers to be formulaic but by using this prompt I remember that prayer Is more than a shopping list and without praise, God has no place to “sit a spell” and converse with me.
His grace is truly amazing.
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