… At First Sight
Theme of the Week: Taking the Long View
Kent Crockett
Friday, October 11, 2002
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… At First Sight
Theme of the Week: Taking the Long View
Friday, October 11
Key Bible Verse: You love him even though you have never seen him … and even now you are happy (1 Peter 1:8). Bonus Reading:Psalm 63:1-8
William M. Dyke was blinded in an accident when he was ten years old. Despite his disability, William graduated from a British university with high honors. While in school, he fell in love with the daughter of a high-ranking naval officer, and they became engaged.
Not long before the wedding, William had eye surgery. If it failed, he'd remain blind for the rest of his life. William insisted on keeping the bandages on his face until his wedding day. If the surgery had been successful, he wanted the first person he saw to be his new bride.
Many guests—including royalty—assembled to witness the exchange of vows. William's father and the doctor who performed the surgery stood next to the groom, whose eyes were still covered. The bride slowly walked down the aisle to the wedding march. As she arrived at the altar, the surgeon took a pair of scissors from his pocket and cut the bandages from William's eyes.
The witnesses held their breath. As he stood face-to-face with his bride-to-be, Williams's words echoed throughout the cathedral, "You're more beautiful than I ever imagined!"
—Kent Crockett in Making Today Count for Eternity
My Response: To cultivate love for my unseen Lord, I am …
Thought to Apply: The New Testament writers did not speak of going to heaven so much as going to be with the Lord. —Vance Havner (preacher, evangelist, 20th century)
Excerpted from Making Today County for Eternity © 2001 by Kent Crockett.
Used by permission of Multnomah Publishers Inc.
Excerpt my not be reproduced without the prior written consent of Multnomah Publishers Inc.
Copyright © 2002 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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September/October 2002,Vol. 5,No. 5
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