April 12th, 2009 by admin

Well folks, this is sorta sad news, but we are finding the joy and the Victory in it. Most of you know that for the last six years I have been working through a physical battle with my right eye. I have logged about it, written about it, praised about it, and exercised bible faith concerning it.

This past Thursday evening bleeding started in the eye and I could not get it to stop. I have had bleeding before but was able to overcome it, but this was different. Missy was a real Woman of Faith as she read and spoke healing to me through the night. I finally laid down in the bed and held toilet paper over the eye to try and stop the bleeding. I was able to doze off and for the most part the bleeding had stopped sometime late evening early morning. When I woke up to start the day the eye was a mess and the growth that was on the eye had double to tripled in size and looked like a huge blood ball protruding from the eye. Missy and I both still stood in faith that no matter what it looked like God’s Word was still true. Nothing changes the Word. About two that afternoon the eyelid slid to the top of the growth and put pressure on it to where the bleeding began again. The growth also had grown bigger and it quite frankly, was too much to bear. Missy packed up the car and we headed for a two hour emergency ride to Atlanta, where a eye specialist would see us in the emergency room. It was a long two hour ride, but God was faithful to us. The doctor was waiting outside the hospital to escort us in and walked us right to a ER prep room. I had the surgery to remove the eye a few hours later. 

I am still processing this whole scenario, since I have spent six years proclaiming my healing and the health of this eye and now it is removed. Our spirits are up and encouraged though, and can see plenty of "God" in all of this. As time goes by I am sure that I will be given more understanding, but for now I know that my Redeemer lives and He has been faithful to us. "Give thanks in everything for this is the will of God for you." We continue to praise our Father and believe for a speedy recovery and for all the following procedures to go well. I will be getting a prosthetic eye in the near future. Well, thank you all for praying for us and please continue to do so as we move forward.

We love you all,

Blessings to you on your Journey,

Lee