Open the Eyes of My Heart

I had another "ah-ha" moment this week because it revealed how God is working in our lives. It is just too bad that I am just now getting it.

Last week my sister-in-law Jenny was at Mayo Clinic in FL with her sister Brenda who has been really sick and getting worse. I just happened to mention to her that I knew a neurologist there and he was a great Christian. A week later Jenny called in a panic. The doctor they had been seeing had left town for a month. They had been going through testing for 2 weeks and now seemed to be left hanging.

I contacted Dr. Cheshire and asked if he could see her since her doctor was now out of town. To be honest, with all the hoops we seem to have to jump through just to get to see a doctor and since she already was being seen by one at Mayo, I didn't have a lot of hope that he could see her. But I thought no harm in asking. The wheels started turning from that point and long story short, he was "amazing" and they felt God's hand in everything from that point on. She called me with tears of joy several times to keep me informed. He had called Brenda himself more than once, ordered a couple of additional tests and followed up with her primary care doctor. Her doctor was also impressed with him.


The revelation was that God brings people into our lives for a purpose. It had been 4 years ago since Dr. Cheshire and his son stayed with us for a couple of days. We have communicated and back and forth from time to time and I prayed for him and his family during some difficult days. I would have never imagined that one day I would ask for his help. I would have never imagined that someone I knew would be in need of his particular specialty and would be at his hospital in the future.

So now I am wondering how God can use me to serve those who have come in contact with me. Or how many opportunities I have missed where God was opening the doors and I never went through. It makes me sing "Open the eyes of my heart."