Loving fathers give their children boundaries so they won't get hurt and can live with peace and purpose.

The peace, comfort, and hope God gave me made me feel like I really was walking in his light; those spiritual blessings were constant reminders that God really did love me. He loved me enough to tuck his Word in my heart so I'd have it when my eyes could no longer read it.

Because God loves us, he tells us where we came from and who we are.

God gave us Jesus who is The Way.

As I reread each book of the Bible, I fell in love all over again - not just with God's Word, but with God himself.

God's Word does provide life lessons to teach us how to live. And it gives us beautiful poetry that gives voice to our human experience. And, yes, it does give us clear boundaries of what we should and shouldn't do so we can live our best lives.

Blindness brought with it a million adjustments and losses and emotions. But, there really was this unshakeable sense, deep within me, that God had already prepared me for the darkness. And he did it through his Word.