Eyes

Well in the Schenk family, it is a big month and I'm starting to see a theme. Eyes.

1. Rick's mom, "Oma Schenk," is having Corneal transplant surgery very soon, so we have been praying about that. We trust God will give her the strength and grace to get through this big event. We're also praying for the doctors and nurses who will be giving her care. He never gives us more than we can handle, and I'm sure He'll be right there with her through it all.

2. Taylor has glasses. Rick took Taylor after school yesterday to pick them up. She is looking very smart. I think she can't believe how crisp and clear the world is. For anyone who has glasses, I'm sure you can understand that feeling of seeing the world in it's beauty and colour after putting your glasses on for the first time. I suppose it's not a surprise that someone else in this house would need them. She is at the age when Rick got his first pair as well. I'm glad she finally told us she was having trouble seeing things, like the board in school, or signs on the highway.

3. Ladies Bible Study has been such a blessing this past year. Such a wonderful thing to get together with women who are all at different seasons in their lives, to study God's Word and to pray for one another. The theme of eyes and lenses seems to have come up there as well. I think it's amazing how God gives us the eyes to see things at different stages of our lives. Let me just give a quick example...When you become a mom, it is then that you come to appreciate all that your own mother has done for you. As your children grow up and you start to learn how to "let go" of them, you can see how tough it was for your own parents to trust in the Lord to keep your children in the way they should go. I guess being a parent is all about letting go, but it's also about seeing things in new ways. As we grow as Christians, God gives us new lenses as we mature in Him. Just like our eyes seem to get worse and we need stronger lenses, God gives us new lenses to see Him and His world in new ways. I think our faith is a little bit like glasses. Without faith we would never see God. I pray all of our children will be given that faith from God to see Life. "He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." John 3:36