With Fresh Eyes

60 Insights into the Miraculously Ordinary from a Woman Born Blind

Author: Karen Wingate

What miracles do we miss when we close our eyes to the wonder of everyday moments?

In this busy, jaded world of ours, we often take for granted what we see every day. We may set aside time to spend with God in a quiet room, but we struggle to see his hand in a traffic jam or while walking the dog. But for Karen Wingate, sight itself is something extraordinary, and what our eyes can reveal is even more astounding.

Karen lived most of her life with severely limited sight due to a cluster of disorders stemming from a genetic defect. But through the chance outcome of a surgery, she regained sight in one eye that doubled her visual acuity—and allowed her to see things she had never seen before. And as she discovered a more detailed world for the first time, she also began to see God in every new discovery—from the prosaic numbers of a bathroom scale to the glory of sunsets.

With Fresh Eyes invites readers to not only celebrate the gift of their own sight but also reawaken the wonder of what they observe in creation—great and small—and how God is working in everyday moments. In each of her sixty meditations, Karen's humor and whimsy draw a connection between physical sight and spiritual understanding that will leave readers with a renewed joy and delight in what is good and beautiful, and will reassure them that God still works in the lives of his people.

Author:

Karen Wingate is an author, speaker, and Bible study leader. In addition to her work in curriculum and devotionals, she has been a contributor to Divine Interventions, All God’s Creatures, and LifeChanging Miracles. For most of her life, Karen was legally blind, until a surgery in 2016 restored her visual acuity. She and her husband live in Tucson, Arizona. Visit Karen at karenwingate.com.

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