"The Lenten Pilgrimage" - Day 29

Monday, March 22nd 

     “So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and they said to him, ‘Give glory to God!  We know that this man is a sinner.’  He answered, ‘I do not know whether he is a sinner.  One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.’”

John 9:24-25

     The man born blind has just received his sight from the hand of Jesus.  It’s the Sabbath, which means that the religious leaders are quite annoyed with Jesus, and the man.  But its hard to discredit Jesus when the evidence of his miraculous healing is standing right in front of them.  So they turn on the man to try and build their case against Jesus.  

     The man who had been healed was not a theologian.  He would have been no match against the learned religious leaders of the day in matters of doctrine.  He didn’t really know much at all about Jesus.   All he knew, was really all he needed to know.  Jesus had changed his life forever. 

     Theologians can come in handy.  Men and women trained in proper doctrine have their place.  But nothing can compare to one person telling another person what Jesus has done.

     “One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”

          

Prayer

     Lord Jesus, there is so much we do not know.  Sometimes we feel intimated around others

     who we believe have read more, studied more, prayed more and who we perceive just 

     know so much more than we know.  So many answers remain illusive to us.  But one thing

     we know more than anyone else.  We know the difference you've made in our lives.  With 

     the man in the story we say, "though I was blind, now I see."  Thank you!  In your name 

     we pray.  Amen.