John 9:6-7  When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam. He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.Thought:  Jesus did not only talk about the man's condition. He moved toward him. He touched him at the very place of his brokenness. He made clay,...

John 9:5  As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.Thought:  The blind man could not see the sun. But the people around him could not see the Son. The neighbors and the Pharisees had eyes that worked, but their hearts were still in darkness. They examined the miracle, they argued about it, and they rejected Jesus who did it.  This shows us a deep truth. Physical sight is not the s...

John 9:2-3  And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?  Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.Thought:  The disciples saw the blind man and turned him into a question. They wanted to know whose fault it was. Was it his sin or his parents sin. They wante...

John 9:1  And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.Thought:  Jesus did not just see a blind man. He saw a person. Everyone else saw his problem. They saw his need and his weakness. They knew him only as the blind beggar. His condition had become his identity.  We often do the same thing. We look at people and see what is wrong with them. We see their addiction, their sic...

Hebrews 8:12  For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.  Thought:  Our minds can keep replaying sins that God has already forgiven. Memories come back and old failures rise up like shadows in a dark room. We may know in our heads that God forgives, but our hearts still feel dirty and unworthy.  God’s forgiveness is beyond our reco...