“I was blind, but now I see.”

Morning: Psalm 37:1-18; Job 16:16-22; 17:1,13-16; Acts 13:1-12

Evening: Psalm 37:19-42; John 9:1-17

Many people know ‘Amazing Grace’. Some may not know it was written by a man who had been a slave-trader in the 1740s and 1750s, John Newton. Newton slowly realized the error of trading in human lives. He later became an Anglican priest. ‘Amazing Grace’ was part of his New Year 1773 sermon, in which Newton gave thanks for the grace of inner sight that changed his life from being an exploiter of other people to being an advocate for the abolition of slavery: “I was blind but now I see”. Check today’s Gospel for where Newton got the words.