now I see

I was watching the national geographic the other day when I saw this blind girl who was about to see for the first time. When they removed the bondages, the doctor asked her if she could see his eyes, nose and fingers. Then the doctor asked the girl if she could see her dad. The girl looked around the room then her dad said “I am here my child”. Immediately she broke down and cried in the arms of her father…In the Bible, there are several occasions when Jesus healed the blind. In my opinion it could be one of his favorite miracles…healing the blind. Maybe our Lord is making a statement that we are all blind in a sense that we tend not see what the heart wants us to see…. We tend not see the injustice, poverty and suffering around us. We tend not see what others really see in us. We are blinded by our own pride that we see highly of ourselves not seeing that it’s not really a pedestal that you are standing on but just the sole of your own shoes. We are blinded from the truth…. The blind beggar Bartimaes (Mark 10:46-52) was sitting along the road when he heard the voice of Jesus. He immediately cried for him despite of the many people who are following Jesus. And the people told him to be quiet, yet he cried out more and more until Jesus heard and healed him… Maybe we too are calling for him from inside, that sometimes just like Bartimaes we should not quit in spite of all circumstances and just cry out all the more to heal us from our blindness. And just like the blind girl once we hear that familiar voice from within saying “I am Here my child, you are healed, once you are blind now you can see” that we start seeing the truth around us and just breakdown and cry in His arm.