I realize that it is taalking about spiritual eye sight but I still have trouble singing that line in Amazing Grace since I lost the eye sight out of my left eye. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gwen Tweedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:50 AM Subject: {dbilg} Fw: Womens Email Devotional - Thursday September 25, 2008
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TruthMedia Women's Devotional" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:44 AM > Subject: Womens Email Devotional - Thursday September 25, 2008 > > > : > : > : I WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE > : > : > : by John Grant > : > : **Do you see your spouse through spiritual eyes? How can one learn to > "see" each other better? Here is lesson to help you: > http://thelife.com/study/goodfight.html?section=goodfight > : > : "He replied, ?Whether he is a sinner or not, I don't know. One thing I > do know. I was blind but now I see!'" (John 9:25). > : > : While waiting for a laser procedure on my eyes, my doctor friend spotted > me in pre op and asked me to come with him "to see why we love what we > do." I followed him into the post op area where patients were recovering. > As we went from patient to patient, his question was always the same..... > "Can you see better?" > : > : Each patient said yes and described what was better about their sight. > Some saw more vivid colors. Others saw more clearly. And, still others > could see without having to wear glasses. One lady said she couldn't > remember having that good of eyesight since she was a little girl. None > understood what had happened to them except that they had undergone eye > surgery. But one thing they all said was that they could see better. > : > : I thought of the man, a beggar, mentioned in the Gospel of John. He was > a man blind from birth. Jesus mixed some mud with His own saliva, placed > it on the man's eyes and told him to go wash in the pool of Siloam. He did > as he was told and for the first time in his life he had sight. > : > : He didn't understand who Jesus was or what had happened to him, but one > this he knew with a shadow of a doubt.... "I was blind but now I see." > John 9:25. The Pharisees tried to get him into a debate as to who Jesus > was and whether he was a sinner by healing on the Sabbath. Again, he > professed to not understand all that had taken place, but one thing he > knew for sure was that he could see. > : > : Sometimes we don't understand all of the theological implications of > everything that happens to us, but in our heart we know that we know that > Jesus has saved us and we will be with Him for eternity. As Jesus gave the > man physical sight, when we give our heart to Christ, we gain a new > spiritual sight. We may not understand all that happens to us, but we know > that we gain new spiritual eyes and see the Master in a way as never > before. > : > : It was John Newton who wrote: "Amazing grace! How sweet the sound! That > saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but > now I see." I pray that Jesus will everyday give me better spiritual > eyesight to see Him and to see the plan He has for my life. (a thought on > life from John Grant ) > : > : Questions: How is your spiritual eyesight? How can one learn to better > understand what God's plan is for our lives? > : > : About the Author: > http://thelife.com/experience/devotionalforwomen/authors/john_grant/ > : > : > : Comment on the devotional blog. Interact with others who are reading > today's devotional. Visit > http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalforwomen/2008/09/25/i-was-blind-but-now-i-see/#comments > : > : Copyright > : This devotional is protected by copyright laws and may not be reprinted > or posted to a site without permission from TruthMedia Internet Group. All > readers are welcome to forward the devotional to a friend or link to it. > If you would like to seek permission to reprint the devotional in full, > please see our guidelines: > http://tmdevotionals.com/women/reprint-permission/ > : > : > : > : ----------End of Newsletter Text---------- > : You are currently subscribed to the TruthMedia Daily Women's Devotional > as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : To unsubscribe send a blank email to > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > or visit http://www.tmdevotionals.com/unsubscribe and fill in the required > information. > : > : Feel free to forward this devotional to a friend. If you received it > from a friend and would like to subscribe, visit > http://www.tmdevotionals.com/subscribe and fill in the required > information. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.7.1/1688 - Release Date: 9/24/2008 > 6:29 AM > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
