John 9: 25b-2
“One thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see.” They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?”
On December 17, 1995, at precisely 9:57 a.m. I saw something I had never seen before. I saw how intensely and passionately my mother loved me. She did nothing to help me see this reality. What enabled me to see what had been there all along was something entirely beyond her. It was the moment I cradled my newborn son in my arms for the first time. I was flooded with more than love for him. I was filled with a deep sense of knowing about how she had loved me in ways that I had never before seen.
When Jesus heals a blind man in the gospel of John, he reminds us that following God means seeing life differently. After the blind man sees, everyone stands around looking befuddled about what has just happened. It doesn’t fit their vision of life. In the midst of their muttering confusion, the healed man finally says “One thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see.”
Faithfulness is a way of seeing.
Holy God, help us to see. Help us to see how much you love us, and to see the way to follow you. Amen.
Rev. Carla Aday, Senior Associate Minister
