5th
Trinity August
Luke
18, 35-43
It happened as he approached
Jericho: a certain blind man was sitting by the road begging. Hearing the crowd
going by, he wanted to know what was happening, and they told him Jesus of
Nazareth was passing by. He cried out in a loud voice: “Jesus, Son of David,
have mercy on me!”
Those
leading the way threatened him and wanted him to be quiet. But he cried all the
louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Jesus
stopped and had him led to him. And Jesus said to him, “What do you want that I
should do for you?”
He
said to him, “Lord, that I may look up and see again.”
And
Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Through your faith and your trust, the
power for healing has been awakened in you.” ( your faith has healed you)
In that
moment his eyes were opened. He followed Him and thus revealed the working of
the divine within the human being--and all who saw it praised God.
5th August
Trinity
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| Christ the Light of the World, Hunt |
August 19, 2012
Luke 18: 35-43
If the lights suddenly go out, we stop. For we can no longer
see our surroundings. We cannot even take in the light, for we are temporarily
blind.
Once upon a time in Paradise, humankind could see the
creative divinity, working in the flowing ether light that forms and shapes the
world. But since Adam and Eve ate the fruit of knowledge, humankind has
inherited a kind of blindness. We no longer look up and see God; no longer see
the angels; no longer see the Light behind our daylight. We are blind without
even knowing it. The common light of day obscures our vision. But we can still
hear.
The blind beggar hears that Jesus is passing by. He engages
Him, and asks to look up and see again—not just to see common objects; not even
to see the faces of his loved ones. He wants to look up and see God, see the
angels, see the Light behind the light. His firm knowledge that there is such a
realm, and his trust that his eyes can be opened to it, opens his vision. And
he sees before and above him—Christ—the Light of the world, the creator of
Life, the very essence of Love.
We too will one day look up and see again. For we can hear the
promise in Paul’s words as he says, ‘For now we see through a glass, darkly,
but then face to face.[1]
Or as a modern
version puts it:
We don't yet see
things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't
be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all
then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he
knows us![2]
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[1]
1 Corinthians 13:12, King James version
[2]
1 Corinthians 13:12, The Message (MSG) Bible, by Eugene Peterson
