Tales of the Talking Tiger

Pain in the eye

Apr 20th 2007
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This is the x-ray of a Melbourne teenager’s skull after a chair leg was lodged in his eye socket. According to proceedings in court, “the leg of the chair penetrated Mr Fahkri’s left eye socket, moved his eyeball to the side and continued into his neck”. You would assume that this kind of injury would leave him permanently blind, assuming that he even survived the incident.

In fact, he has already received 95% of his sight back. Incredible. Read the full story here.

I was reflecting that when something goes wrong in our lives, or when we see some of the terrible things that take place in our world, we are quick to question God, or get angry with God, or doubt the presence, power or goodness of God. I include myself in this group.

However, when things go well – in this case, the miracle that Mr Fahkri survived, I wonder how many of us would be prompted to thank God for sparing his life and not leaving him permanently blind.

It is not my intention to explore suffering and the nature of God (at least not in this post anyway!) but I am intrigued by our responses to life’s tragedies and joys. In the former we question God, in the latter we completely ignore him.


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