As Christians, we know that we will face hardships and trials in this life, they are essential so that we may gain life.
The Lord Jesus said in Mark 8:34, “Whoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”
A blind pastor from West Virginia held onto the belief that he would see again even after not being able to see for 14 years, but God intervened, leading to an emergency surgery that enabled him to see again.
Reverend Philip Dunn was diagnosed with cataracts when he was 45 years old. It began with clouding of his eyes, and although the doctors said that it would be years before it would bother him, but black dots began appearing in his vision.
Philip was also diagnosed with macular degeneration, which damaged his sharp and central vision and ultimately led to blindness.
His world had turned black and dark but Reverend Dunn preached light into the lives of his church members in Charleston, West Virginia.
He used to hear the Bible on audio tape to prepare for his sermons and silently hoped God would restore his sight one day. “I knew in my heart I was going to be able to see again, I just didn’t know when,” explains Philip.
Such an amazing testimony of his faith that he never left hope of his healing even though it was a long wait of 14 years in darkness. He said, “Even as my vision got worse and things got more difficult, every day I woke up, I woke up with an expectation that maybe today I would get my miracle,” he says.
It took many years of patiently waiting on the Lord, but Philip Dunn finally got his miracle.
It all began when he started having extreme headaches in his left eye, doctors decided to operate on it, thinking that it was a ruptured cataract. Post surgery he had a patch on his eye while recovering, but once he removed the patch, he was amazed to see clearly.
“I went into the kitchen, my wife said, ‘Honey, you took the patch off,’ I said ‘Yeah,’ she said, ‘what do you see?’ I said, ‘I can see you!’ She was the first face I saw in 14 years.”
He believes that it was Jesus who healed him and thanks Him with grateful heart.
Now with his newfound eyesight the is flipping through his daughter’s wedding photos as he wasn’t able to see the celebration years ago. He is ecstatic on seeing his four grandchildren for the first time in life.
1 Peter 5:7, “Casting all your care on him; for he cares for you.”
Remember that God often uses others to accomplish His work! In 14 yrs Drs weren’t able to intervene ,and then , in God’s timing, He brought this gift of healing . What a merciful and kind God he is!
I believe in miracles, but he had surgery then said he could see. So, maybe it was the hand of the doctors that had some play in this. God has a hand in all of this, I’m sure. But saying God healed him, isn’t like he was blind, and woke up and could then see. Doctors had a part in this. It would more seem like a miracle if doctors weren’t involved.