 More on these stories at townhall.com. This is Global Perspective, reminding you how God is at work today through people just like you. In John chapter 9, as Jesus prepared to restore the eyesight of a man who had been born blind, he said to his disciples, As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming when no one can work. I've often thought about that statement and considered how quickly the first 60 years of my life have passed by.