your eyes

how are your eyes doing?  Stop and ask yourself, how do your eyes feel?

I never ask that.  I just take it for granted that my eyes are fine and that they will feel fine.  Or better, they will do their job and I won't feel them at all.  I usually don't feel my eyes... they just do their thing.

This changed last week.  On Thursday, I was working on Judy's fence in Sebastian, FL.  I pushed some bushy branches aside and pushed in towards the back of the fence.  I was wearing my glasses, but somehow, one of the little branches got by and swept over my face.  Suddenly I was aware that a leaf was in my eye.  My left eyelid was closed and an entire leaf was in my eye.

I stopped.  I carefully pulled it out.  I could feel it scraping.  I thought, "this is not going to be good."  Sure enough, within an hour, my eye was irritated and hurting.  The leaf had scratched it pretty good.

We should not take our eyes for granted.  We should give thanks every day for the ability to see.  In general, we take way too many things for granted.

The eye was upset for a couple of days, finally it started to feel better.  Now it is back to normal.

Dear Lord, may we not take the simple things for granted.  

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.