Everyone needs a pair of happy socks. Mine are just ordinary, plain black socks—but they have brightly colored toes and tops, and they come in two different shades of yellow, turquoise, red, and green. What makes them happy socks is that I never match them. My house shoes are sandals and whenever I look at my feet—I see a yellow with green, a blue with red, etc. They are so bright and cheerful that they make me smile. Life’s simple pleasures are the best.

Today was an altogether happy day. I hadn’t realized how bad the cataract in my left eye had become until it was removed on Thursday. Today, for the first time in a year—I could read my Bible again without wearing two pairs of glasses—one on top of the other. In fact, I could read it with my weak pair of glasses instead of the strongest pair. And in church, I could actually read the words of the praise music projected on the front wall. God’s gifts to us—like our sight—are the best.

There will be more hard days. There will be hard circumstances. Until I walk through that shadow of death into the glorious light of Jesus in heaven—there will be sorrow and disappointment. But with my sight restored and with my happy socks—I’m going to make it because—the joy of the Lord is my strength.

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