A Global Advent: 25 Stories of God With Us Around the WorldSample

What do you long to see this Christmas?

Maybe you’re preparing to see your families in a matter of days. Or perhaps there is a particular Christmas market in your town that you’re looking forward to experiencing—all the lights and glimmer and people rushing around evoking feelings of warmth and excitement. With all the colours, lights and sights around us at Christmas, it’s hard to imagine what it’s like to be unable to fully experience the joy of the season without our beloved sense, sight.

For a little girl in the town of Ada on the southeast coast of Ghana, the joy of even seeing her mama’s face clearly wasn’t always something she has enjoyed. At just a few months old, a routine check-up revealed that baby Kersiah had cataracts, a condition that causes a cloud in the lens of your eye, making your vision blurry. If left untreated, Kersiah could go completely blind.

But we have a God who is the light of the world.

Photo Caption: Baby Kersiah plays with toys.

Jesus came to shine light into every darkness and anywhere there may be shadows. Everywhere He went, He never saw a person without sight and left them the same. To the man in Mark 8:24, who saw men as trees, Jesus laid His hands on his eyes until his vision was fully restored. Even today, Jesus is still healing the blind through the Church. He is still doing wonders.

When Kersiah’s mother Cynthia heard through her friends about the Compassion centre at her local church, she took Kersiah there to be registered in the Survival program for moms and babies. The centre immediately began to provide financial support for her medical bills.

But even from that moment, it was a long and anxious wait to get Kersiah a date for her surgery. But one Saturday in December, they received the phone call they had been waiting for—they would need to start prepping Kersiah for surgery immediately!

Photo Caption: Cynthia holds Kersiah.

It’s now been two months since the surgery, and Kersiah is recovering beautifully. The spots on her eyes have disappeared and she’s set to have another surgery when she’s two.

“Baby Kersiah is making a great recovery,” says Dorcas, the Survival program leader. “She’s a happy baby.”

What a joy Kersiah will have seeing many things clearly for the first time. Her healing is indeed a love letter to her family from Jesus.

Baby Kersiah’s miracle is a reminder that Jesus is still doing good through His Church. How can you find a way to be the answer to someone’s prayers today?