Monday, April 8, 2019

wake up and smell the coffee!

Morning: Psalm 31; Jeremiah 24:1-10; Romans 9:19-33

The Bible’s stories are many-layered.  The healing of a blind man points beyond the miracle to the kind of world Jesus ushers in.  The blind receive their sight, but sighted people are still so blind that they get distracted by arguments about the sabbath.  Jesus’s point is that he wants even them to see that what’s really important is a world where all are awake.  To be ‘blind’ is to be asleep, to live unconsciously, serving false ideals that dehumanize others.  To receive your sight is to wake up, smell the coffee, and get busy with the work of healing.

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