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Verse:“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” —Ezekiel 36:26, NIV
My sister, Damaris, suffered from glaucoma. She consulted with many doctors but to no avail. Her sight continued to deteriorate until she could not read any text. She had to depend on her ten-year-old son to read the Bible to her. For several years, family and friends prayed for Damaris without any positive results.
Recently a friend of mine shared Ezekiel 36:26 with me, and it occurred to me that if God could do a heart transplant, then He could do an eye replacement. The thought of an “eye replacement” excited us. I called my sister and asked her to join us in asking for an eye replacement. We prayed for ten days asking that Jesus replace my sister’s eyes with His all-seeing eyes.
The first Sabbath of October 2014 was a day of prayer and fasting for the sick in my home church in Edmonton, Alberta. I focused on my sister, and I kept repeating the prayer for an eye replacement. While we prayed in Canada, it was nighttime in Uganda, and as Damaris slept, she had a dream. She saw her church pastor wearing big eyeglasses with six lenses. She requested that she try on the glasses, and the pastor granted her request. To her surprise, she could see everything clearly. She returned the glasses and said she should get a similar set for herself. At that point, she woke up with very itchy eyes.
As Damaris started to scratch her eyes, she remembered the dream. She turned to the bedside stand and picked up an English Bible study guide, which had lain there unopened for over a year. To her surprise and utter amazement, she could read the words on the page! She tossed it down and picked up a guide in her vernacular. She could read those words too. Damaris jumped out of bed and picked up a Bible—the words stood out clearly on the pages. She opened two more Bibles and read. Praise God! At that moment, the thought struck her: God has restored my vision! He had replaced her blind eyes with His eyes. My sister could see! She called me at 10:30 P.M., crying, “Jesus has given me His eyes! My vision has been restored!” I felt so humbled. We both started to cry, overwhelmed by God’s kindness toward His children.
Edith Kiggundu