Beauty from Ashes

John 9 begins with the story of the man born blind, whom Jesus healed with the clay He made from saliva.  The Pharisees, instead of seeing God at work in their midst, see Jesus only as one who has broken the Sabbath, and a sinner in their eyes. They bring the man who was once blind before them to question him, wanting him call Jesus a sinner as well. The man does not argue with them, or attempt to convince them of the error of their ways. But he says something that strikes me as very interesting: “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.” One thing. I once was blind, but now I see.

There is a certainly time for fancy explanations, and a time for in depth conversations and debates and discussions. But sometimes, that’s not necessary. Sometimes, all we need is one thing. Sometimes all we need to know and all we need to say is that same thing: though I was blind, now I see. Sometimes, one thing is enough.

I know you’re all worried about me since I haven’t posted in almost two months now. Saying that makes me realize just how long it has been! I do apologize…

Anyway, I have a lot of thoughts bouncing around in my mind, and a few different posts that I’m working on. They’ll see the light of day eventually! For anyone who doesn’t know, I’ve also signed up for the Thomas Nelson Book Review Bloggers program, which will force me to update a little more often! I promise it won’t be another two months until my next post here.