Be Thankful

"The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them." Proverbs 20:12

I heard a couple of people talking a while back. Man A was angry at the Lord.
Man B said, "Why are you angry with the Lord? Hasn't He done so many good things for you?"
Man A said, "No, He has never done anything for me."
Man B said, "You have eyes to see and ears to hear; The Lord did that for you."
Good point.

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." James 1:17

I guess someone else would say, "So, if God gives us our eyes and ears, then why are some people born blind or deaf?" That reminds me of a story in the book of John.

 "And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him." (9:1-3)

 Jesus goes on to heal the blind man, thus showing the works of God. There are many instances though, when Jesus does not heal someone from blindness. I believe He can still manifest the works of God in someone through an illness. In fact, the Bible says so in 2 Cor. 12:9. Go read it. 2 Cor. 1:4 is another good one.

Be thankful for your eyes and ears, if you have them. Let God use it to His glory if you don't have them.