Witty
Growing up, you’ll hear some things that were meant to be funny or “witty”. One such “sayin” stuck in my memories and goes along with today’s thoughts. I’d spotted something of interest and pointed it out to my daddy while workin with him … me: “ Did you see that ?” my dad: “ I see, said the blind man !” 🙄 I know…kinda corny, right ? But give this short question some serious thought … “Can you see ?” I ain’t askin if you can see like anybody else that goes about town window-shoppin or just watchin a cork waitin on a fish t’ bite … I’m askin you if you’ve been given your “new eyes” yet…and are you USING them ? 2 Corinthians 5:17 tells us that , “ if we are in Christ, we are a new creation…old things are replaced with new things”. If we’re still using the same ol tired eyes we were born with, we’re missin out on ninety percent of life ! Jesus took several opportunities to bless the “physically blind” with eyesight. I can imagine their facial expressions after receiving this miracle from God ! Seeing for the first time what the people they’d talked to for years, really looked like … seeing the colors of fabrics and the blue of the sky … seeing that ugly face of the camel and the donkey … etc; etc.. I’m sure their mouths were locked, semi-open…their eyes transfixed on the objects and people they were now seeing. To have a video of it ! But we very seldom get to hear about these people afterwards. Did they praise God for his merciful healing ? Did they abandon the feeling of awe and wonder and continue their journey with a self-serving lifestyle ? Did they gather in the local synagogue or temple for a couple o’ months and then get bored and stay roun the house, or find something that interested em more ? We can’t know … but we CAN know about ourselves ! If God has opened our eyes, removed the scales and healed us of our blindness, how are “we” receiving it … and what’s changed within us ? I can’t speak for yall, but i can tell you of some of the ways my vision has changed. I’ve noticed I’m not so judgemental. People are people and Jesus died for each one us … nobody’s perfect and all need Jesus to change … His word comes alive when i take the time to explore it, and He speaks to my heart as if he’s sittin right in front of me, speaking … i see more clearly the lostness in people that still refuse to follow him by faith … i see the love of Christ flowing from true believers and followers; through their expressions and their actions … i see God’s hand as He intwines the thoughts, the messages and sequences of events of one brother or sister in Christ, with the other …i watch my family closer, and i see what God is doing in their own lives, and i pray continuously for their lives to reflect Him … i recognize and admire God’s creations more , and i stand amazed and in awe of the way He orchestrates “happenings” ! I “see” why even the wind and the waves obey Him ( Matthew 8:27 ) ! Nobody but God can do the things He does ! I just wonder… can you see em ? Does the rocks haveta cry out His praises because we won’t…because we just refuse to see ( Luke 19:40 ) ? Do you see ?