Weird day, but Habakkuk saves the day!

Yesterday was a very odd day. I had an appointment to see an ophthalmologist in an attempt to get a correct prescription for my weak eye  muscles. (I could write a book about the last two years about trying to get the correct eyeglass prescription. Long story short, I was finally on the path to getting the correct prism strength for my glasses last year, but the eye doctor insisted the prism strength I needed was too strong for me. She said she had a good feeling that my eyes would heal themselves and wanted to put no prism in my eyeglasses. After much begging on my part, she finally put some prism in the glasses. As soon as I got the glasses, I wanted to weep. The prism strength was far too weak. I would have to endure another year of double vision, dizziness and headaches until I could go for another vision exam.)

So, yesterday was the big day. I went to a new eye doctor. He checked my eyes and indeed I need 3-4 times more prism in my eyeglasses than what I currently have depending on the distance. He decided to err on the side of less, and prescribed less prism. The strange part was, he did not want to give me a prescription. He said my vision had not changed much (only by 0.75) and did not think I wanted to get new glasses. I was puzzled. The whole reason for the visit was to get the proper prism stength for my glasses because my current glasses had too little prism. When I mentioned this to him, he wrote out the prescription. Then at checkout, the office assistant wanted to charge me $25 to get the prescription print out because I had gotten glasses a year ago. I was totally confused by this. This is a new eye doctor, and I have new insurance. Why do I have to pay money to get my prescription because I got glasses a year ago? When I asked this question, the woman said she would give me the prescription, but would have to run the charge through my vision insurance. (I still do not understand this because it is against the law to charge a separate fee for dispensing a prescription.)

Through this whole process, the one shining light was Habakkuk. While I was waiting for the doctor, I was reading my Bible. When the doctor came in, I placed the Bible on my lap because my bag was on a chair across the room from me. The eye doctor saw my Bible and asked what I was reading. I replied Habakkuk. He said he had never read Habakkuk and seemed puzzled where in the Bible it was located. I replied, "Habakkuk. It is in the "ha-back" of the Old Testament." The eye doctor seemed amused and said he would go and look it up that night. So, perhaps in the midst of this weird day, God was able to use me to help the eye doctor read another book of His Word. And as I was reading more of the book of Habakkuk while waiting for my ride, I needed the reminder of one of my favorite Bible verses: Habakkuk 2:4 "The just shall live by faith". What a wonderful reminder in the midst of such an odd day.