I Can't Find It ANYWHERE!!!!

I am a mother of a ten-year-old.  And among other things, that means he can’t find anything I send him to look for.  It could be his baseball equipment, phone, the laundry basket… it really doesn’t matter.

It can be right in front of him and he is blind.  Can you re

late?  Is there anyone in your family who has a hard time seeing what is right in front of them?  Or maybe, please forgive me, it’s you.  You struggle locating things that are hidden in plain sight.

I laugh as I type this, but our scripture passage today has a similar situation.  John 9 talks about a time when Jesus is walking on a road with his disciples, and they come across a man blind from birth.  This man can’t see a thing.  He was born this way.  It’s not his fault.  It’s not his parents fault.  He is just blind. 

Jesus spits in the mud, forms clay and applies it to the man’s eyes.  After washing his eyes, he went home seeing. 

Now, this is where the story get’s interesting.  The healed man comes upon some Pharisees who investigate how he regained his sight.  They question lifelong neighbors, some of who can’t decide if it is really the man they grew up knowing.  They ask his parents how it happened.  They reply, “No comment.”  All the while the young man keeps telling them Jesus did it. 

The Pharisees have dedicated their lives to God and the study of scriptures, but they cannot see the Messiah that is right in front of them.  They may not have been physically blinded, but they struggle with spiritual blindness and ironically the Light of the World is right there among them. 

Let’s not be like the Pharisees, make sure to take some time today and ask God to open your eyes to him.  Ask him to help you see where he is and how you can be a part of what he is doing.

Ready today's passage here John 9:1-25

Luke 7:36-50

Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman

She learned of Him.

She brought an alabaster jar of perfume.

She stood behind Him at his feet.

She wet His feet with her tears.

She wiped them with her hair.

She kissed them and poured perfume on them.

She was a sinful woman.

He sat at the table of Simon a Pharisee.

He spoke as the woman wept.

He said “I have something to tell you Simon.”

He narrated the story of a money lender.

He explained the connection between the parable and the woman.

He told her “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Luke 7:47: Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven-for she loved much.  But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”

If he who has been forgiven little loves little

Then he who has been forgiven much loves much

So what was the heart of Jesus teaching them, and us?

Increased forgiveness results in greater love. In turn the outcome of love is forgiveness.

Think about that. 

Read/Listen to Luke 7:36-50