Well, the surgery is over and the hair in the eye sensation was quite real last night. However, as I awoke this morning, that is gone. All I notice now is some flickering light. I go in again this morning for a follow-up visit with the surgeon to make sure all is well.

Living in this body of flesh is something one rarely thinks about until things start going wrong with it. My nephew with his brain cancer, my son-in-law having heart issues, the prayer requests I get from church, from Celebrate Recovery and the emotional difficulties I hear in counseling include these physical needs as well as many emotional ones. All of this reminds me that these vessels of ours are “jars of clay”–fragile, as we are told by Paul in II Corinthians 4:7. So much I take for granted until I can’t do that any longer. It is then that I am reminded of this truth. Living in that sad state however is not where God wants me residing. His promises of life beyond this momentary state is forever without these physical ailments! Today I am living in this state–God’s Promise of Life Eternal with Him!