For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears
are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do
evil. 1 Peter 3:12
One of the things that helped with my dad’s transition to
the new home was that we subscribed to a major newspaper. Prior to coming here,
he used to read the newspaper every day, followed by doing the crossword
puzzle.
He did this for a couple of months and started saying that
it was becoming more and more difficult for him to read the newspaper, even
aided with an oversized Sherlock Holmes-like magnifying glass. First, he
stopped doing his crossword puzzles. The Sunday paper had the extra-large
crosswords, but he stopped doing those, as well. After about four or five
months, he stopped reading the newspaper, totally.
My dad kept saying that he just needed someone to fix his
eyes and then he would be better. My husband was able to help him get into the
VA system here and get an appointment with an ophthalmologist. They confirmed
that my dad has Macular Degeneration in both of his eyes. They prescribed some
daily vitamins that are supposed to help arrest this, but won’t be able to
bring back his eye sight.
It’s not been easy for him not to be able to read things,
but it doesn’t stop him from reading some things. He gets out his Sherlock
Holmes-like magnifying glass to read the information that comes with his
medications. I was very impressed at how involved he is in making sure that he
knows the side effects of the medications, etc.
I try to read things for him, but at times this is frustrating
for him. It’s got to be difficult to not be able to do all the same things he
once was able to do so well. Fortunately for us, the Lord’s eyes are looking
over us despite humanly shortcomings. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
and His ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against
them that do evil. 1 Peter 3:12
Since these are examples of how I've applied these Bible verses to my experience, they may not reflect the whole meaning of the verse.
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Caregiving Video: Psychological Aspects of Macular Degeneration (Video 8)
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