“But I will have no money to pay you!” Tears were in the mother’s eyes as she faced the great doctor.
As she waited for his answer the mother felt that this was her last resort. Would the famous surgeon help her little blind Carol to see again? Could any doctor? She had been to so many, and now her money was gone.
Someone had told her of the great skill of this doctor and she had begun to hope again. But they were so poor; she had nothing to offer him in return. Then she heard him say, “I will see your daughter. If I can help her, I will operate.”
Carol hugged her teddy bear tightly as they wheeled her into the operating room. She was asleep when they removed it gently from her arms. When she awoke hours later in her hospital room with bandages covering her eyes, her teddy was snuggled close in her arms again.
During the days of waiting and pain, she whispered to Teddy and told him all about it, for he seemed more than just a plaything to her. He was the only treasure she had, and he seemed like a dear friend to the little girl.
Then one day there was excitement in Carol’s white hospital room. A nurse was removing the bandages from her eyes with hands that trembled a little. Carol clutched Teddy closely and clung to Mother’s hand. The doctor was speaking quietly, “Carol, the last bandage will soon be taken away but do not open your eyes right away. When your eyes become accustomed to the light coming softly through your eyelids, I will tell you to open them.”
It was hard to wait. The room was so quiet. Then the doctor was saying, “All right, Carol! Open your eyes and tell us what you see.”
Slowly her eyes opened and rested on the face of her mother whose lips were trembling with hope.
“Mother! Mother! I can see you—oh! I can really see you!”
Too happy to speak, the mother held Carol closely in her arms for a few moments. Then she said softly into her ear, “Carol, there is some one in this room who is far more important than I am right now. It is the doctor who has given you your sight. What have you to say to him?”
For a long moment Carol looked at the doctor who stood smiling at her. She held her teddy tightly, and then she held it out to the great doctor.
“Please take my teddy,” she said simply. “He’s all I have!”
Years later the doctor told some friends about the little girl. He said, “I will never part with that little old teddy bear. It came straight from the heart of a little girl who gave all she had!”
A far greater Physician has given His all for you and for me. Our Physician, the Lord Jesus, has given His life for us so that the eyes of our hearts might be opened.
What will you give Him?
Won’t you give Him your heart, yourself, your life?
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service” (Romans 12:11I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. (Romans 12:1)).