Grateful for the Gift of Eyesight

Over the past decade as a member of this church, I have found that I need to be increasingly vigilant about handling age. One way that age tried to force itself into my thought a few years ago is to make me feel my vision is getting worse over time. I always had excellent eyesight, and so there was a real temptation to feel depressed about it, and to wonder if I should get glasses. But then I realized that I have already proved that Christian Science was the answer to every issue I had when I came here, things which no human method was able to heal, so there is no reason to doubt that all I have learned here in this church would bring healing in this case too.

In praying about the issue, I realized that since my eyesight was so excellent from my youth on up, I just took it all for granted, and I was never as grateful as I should have been. So I started taking time each day to be grateful to God for my eyes and all I have been able to see in my life, which included being grateful for being able to do my work, and to see my kids grow up, and to see all the good that God has given me in my life. There was so much gratitude I had failed to give God. It was inexcusable, really, and I thank God for His mercy and love and patience with me.

And after all that, I realized I needed to stop myself from trying to physically make my eyes focus by squinting or whatever, which I see now was just an attempt to use human will to push through. Instead, I have been working each day to quiet any fears, and to relax, and to simply be grateful to God for my eyesight. I have found, through doing this, that the more I am actively grateful for my vision as I read, for example, the better my vision is and the more clearly the words appear and, quite honestly, the more fulfilling the whole experience is.

This healing has me now looking for all the ways I was simply accepting and expecting God’s goodness without proper gratitude, and working to give my heartfelt thanksgiving for all that Truth, Life, and Love have done for me. This has felt like the perfect way to demand the blessing from all this, and it has served to bring me even closer to God.

I am so grateful for Christ Jesus, and all he taught us, and for Mary Baker Eddy and the Christian Science she discovered, for the years of practitioner support I received, and for this wonderful church, which has kept up the high standard required to practice this Science correctly. It is a constant blessing to be here.