See beyond the visible!

As I drove out of Kimberley hospital this afternoon I was very surprised and slightly irritated when a young black boy and his mother walked hand in hand across the road and I almost drove into them by accident because they just walked infront of me very suddenly.I was luckily just pulling away-so I wouldnt have killed them or anything.

When I half angry-half frustrated looked after them as they unnotisingly walked away I could see that the mom's eyes were not well-in fact she is almost blind!

I immediately felt such compassion for the two of them when I realised that this little boy-literally is his mom's eyes wherever they go, and that he wasnt fully able to calculate properly that I was driving etc...

I decided to pull-off at the side of the road to get to meet them, and because I couldn't ignore the urging of immense compassion that I felt in my cheast for them, and their predicament.

I introduced myself to the mom by touching her gently on her shoulder-not wanting to startle her as she cannot see: "Hi, I'm doctor Botha" she turned her face toward me and half-smiled, obviously not able to see, as I noticed that her right eye is completely blind and her left eye is massive from the pressure inside the eyeball caused by the underlyning disease that she told me she has(glaucoma)-the condition is caused by ineffective draining of the fluids inside the eye-leading to increasing pressures in the eye-and eventually leads almost exclusively to blindness -if left untreated."I'm Porcia" she said, and asked me if I was one of the doctors at the eye clinic that she had attended.I told her that I wasn't." I just experienced God wanting me to stop and talk to you and your son"-I said. She was a little startled and didnt know what to say. She introduced me to her son(Theo), and told me that their family has this condition as an inherited one, and that eventually Theo would lose his eye-sight too!!!!!!! Wow when I heard that I almost cried.I mean, here I am, a doctor, young and healthy, with perfect almost everything,complaining about people walking infront of my car-this is just wrong!

Can you imagine that this young man,propably only 4 years old,is leading his mommy everywhere they go-across the busiest of streets,all the way to their home in a location somewhere outside of town.Porcia was happy when I told her that I would like to pray with them.So there we were, the three of us praying on the sidewalk outside Kimerley hospital.I prayed that Jesus would please heal her eyes, and that He would prevent Theo from going down the same road as his mommy.I also prayed God's supernatural protection over the two of them, that He would put His angels around them to guide and protect them wherever they go!.I also explained to Little Theo the magnitude of his task, and the responsiility that he has to look very carefully before they cross the street, as his mommy trusts him completely!

O Lord,please heal them and guide them,protect them and keep them safe,Porcia and Theo.I ask in Jesus' name! Amen.

Dear friend-how blessed and priviledged we are! I thought that I would share this with you, and hope that you would be touched and pray for them too!

Lots of Love....Johan