The 45-year accident?

Song of Solomon 2:15 “Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that are ruining the vineyards, While our vineyards are in blossom.”

Saturday, I woke up and my left eye was all red and a little sore. As the day went on, the pain increased, and it became quite uncomfortable.

By Sunday, both Dee and I were at a loss for what was causing this. Dee had examined my eye several times and could find nothing in it. I had rinsed the eye several times – nothing was helping. We both know I react to pollen…but never only one eye. I called quite a few optometrists, but most could not see me until August! I did get one that could see me today, Friday. On Wednesday, at prayer meeting, I shared, and a sister gave me a very high recommendation. I called in the morning, and the nurse asked if she could call me back in 5 minutes, and when she did, I was given a 2:30 appt. that day! God is good! 

Long story short – 45 years ago, while playing with my 3 month-old firstborn, his little fingernail scratched my eye. Our doctor then told us it would heal, and it did, but it left a scar. Which became a time bomb.

For 45 years, when I opened my eyes after being closed all night, my eyelid scratched that scar. Finally, on Saturday morning, some of the scar tissue broke free and scratched a line through my iris. I am now on 2 drops every 2 hours and one jell at night. I will see the Dr. on Monday.

I called my son and told him the story. He said he was glad it was now over. He said he deliberately scratched my eye at 3 months old and has been hiding it all these decades! We laughed! Thankfully, Chris got his mother’s looks, but I am glad he got my sense of humor.

The So What: The reason we need an intimate walk with God, talking to Him about everything in our life…even the “little” hurts and sins in our life, is because they can resurface and wreak havoc in our life.