One Out of a Hundred


One out of a hundred...now that would not be such a great thing if on a math test if that was all that you had gotten right. And it certainly would not be a good thing if you only got one coconut jelly bean out of a hundred tropical flavored jelly beans. Nor would you want to be the only one out of a hundred not to have been chosen to attend a special event, but at my recent eye exam, when my doctor told me I was one out of a hundred I was thrilled.
About a year and a half ago, I was having issues with my eye. They thought it had been a stroke, but it ended up being something else that had caused the optic nerve to be damaged by lack of oxygen.
The tests last week showed that there was no evidence of any damage to the optic nerve and no peripheral loss of vision when less than a year ago my neurological ophthalmologist had informed me that the issue would probably never get any better. The doctor said that only one in one hundred people who had suffered what I had would heal completely. In fact he said that if he hadn't had my records in front of him he would not be able to tell that anything had ever happened.
My answer to him was, "I had lots of people praying for that eye." He didn't know exactly how to respond, but I knew I had to give credit where it belonged.
I don’t know or understand why God healed my eye and why other people don’t get the same results even though they may pray more fervently than I had, but I do know that when God answers prayers I need to give Him the glory.
Psalm 145:6 They tell of the power of your awesome works—
    and I will proclaim your great deeds.

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