What a joy it is to hear that the surgery upon those eyes has prospered! The Lord has indeed put forth His hand, and the healing leaves of that tree of life, which are for the medicine of the nations, have dropped their balm. In the least touch of Christ there is abundant virtue, whether He speak the word, or but will it, the maimed are made whole. Your grateful heart catches the very spirit of the Psalmist: "He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." Here is a wound bound up, a sight restored, a tender mercy new every morning.
Yet the work is not fully complete, and you do well to ask for the perfect recovery of your beloved. Restoration to full strength often comes by slow degrees; the frame that has been weakened must learn to step again with patience. But be assured, He that began the healing will carry it through, for He does nothing by halves. The same Lord who looked upon Peter in his fall, with an eye that broke and then remade the man, now fixes His gaze upon this dear one in his recovery. That look is full of power, it quickens the sluggish blood, it knits the sinews, it bids the dimness flee. Jesus always has an eye for His people, whether He is in His shame or in His glory.
Rejoice, then, in the pardon and the health that flow together from the Saviour’s hand. The Sun of Righteousness has risen with healing in His wings, and even now the light is spreading through the restored organ. When the final touch is given, when the eyes see clearly the faces of loved ones, the printed page, the beauty of the sanctuary, let each returning beam remind you of that greater healing which the gospel brings, for He who forgiveth all thine iniquities healeth all thy diseases. Praise Him in the waiting days, and let the restored himself be swift to use his new strength to tell others of the Lord’s power, for those whom the Good Shepherd has restored must have a special eye to the sickly ones of the flock. May the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Amen.