I am monocular, for all practical purposes blind in the left eye. So my right eye is even more precious to me than yours may be to you if you have the use of both eyes. And since I’m using this right eye to serve the LORD, it’s probably quite precious to Him too.

God had a plan for me to travel abroad on June 18 to begin a 2-month-long period of intense ministry to a very important person. Therefore, the devil made a plan to try and thwart God’s plan.

On the afternoon of June 17 I was completing final errands in preparation for my trip. At what should have been the last stop of the evening, I stepped up to the curb in front of a business place, and tripped. Down I went, unable to break the fall enough to avoid toppling over onto the right side of my face!

A wonderful patron in the store saw what had happened and rushed out to help me as I scrambled to my feet. Examining myself, I could hardly believe how little damage had been done. I only had a slightly sore right palm, from the hand having instinctively tried to break the fall, a slightly sore right knee, a bump above my right eyebrow and a bruise at the cheekbone of the eye socket.

The devil’s plan to injure me enough to thwart God’s plan for my departure the next day had failed!  The bruises and the bump and the soreness faded away quickly, while the pursuit of my assignment remained paramount. Only one faint ‘scar’ did God leave there to tell the tale.

Have a look at my glasses, which were quite unscathed before the incident. Do you notice the scratches on the right side by the arm and a little scratch on the lens? These relatively new glasses could actually have been ruined; and God knows that although I have a spare, I do prefer these for general wear. Since the ‘damage’ is only cosmetic and not obvious enough to be distracting, I decided to leave these glasses just like that for a while, till they become part of a much bigger testimony.

You know that song, “The Lion and the Lamb”?  Well, when the lyrics present the rhetorical question, “Who can stop the Lord Almighty?” I sing, “None can stop the Lord Almighty!”