In John 9 we see a story that so powerfully connected with the early church that they made part of it's passage a confession before being baptized: I once was blind, but now I see.
The question I posed for us to think about this week was, how do we know if we are blind?
The blind guy in the story had the "luxury" of being born blind, with lots of people telling him about his lack of sight. As he bumped into things, fell, hurt himself, etc., he would undoubtedly blame it on his blindness. If he ran into somebody, spilling their coffee on their brand new, white linen turban, both would simply blame blindness.
Could it be that when we find ourselves falling into destructive patterns that we may be blind to our decisions and behavior? We even use a phrase, blind repetition, to refer to the unthoughtful repeating of the same behavior again and again. Perhaps, when we see ourselves (re)entering bad patterns, we should stop and realize that blindness may be the problem.
Maybe when people around us are finding themselves with "soiled shirts", it's because of our blindness. Maybe they know we're blind and have accommodated our challenged state of being. but as far as they can tell, we have yet to see that we are blind.
Repeating painful habits. Seeing pain in others very close to us. Maybe these are some signs that we may be struggling to see clearly.
The good news is that Jesus not only still offers healing - forgiveness - but he also is a vision specialist. If we will ask for his counsel and take it, we will discover a whole new world that we have been missing.
May you begin/continue to see your blind spots. May you humbly accept that you are not perfect, not whole, but can be transformed. May you ask the Spirit to place healing salve on your eyes. May you be able to sing, ...was blind but now I see, as a new song day after day after day.
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