I Once Was Blind, But Now I See
“Wow, I can see!” These are the words that rang from her mouth when she put on her new pair of glasses.
Carol had no idea just how bad her vision was until she experienced the change in eyesight with the use of her new glasses. As we walked all the way back to her *squat she could not stop commenting on how incredible it was to be able to read the words on buildings, billboards, street signs, and much more. Carol was indeed thankful, not only for the glasses but, as she said, “For the whole Dry Bones team for caring so much about her.”
Truth is, our relationship with Jesus is much like Carol’s experience with her new glasses. So often I have said those very words, “Wow, I can see!” Only I was not referring to my physical eyesight, but responding to God’s truth.
This feeling is like a light bulb going on inside of my head when I suddenly understand something!
Have you ever read a scripture and thought you knew the meaning only to have God reveal an even deeper meaning after the on the one hundred and first time? In an instant all the pieces fit and we begin to see. When Jesus healed the blind I believe His main message was about seeing with our hearts.
My prayer is that as we seek to connect with these kids, and that God will use us to reveal His truth to them. I hope that they will realize through our pursuit of them, that it is really God who longs for them. That He is pursuing a personal relationship with each and every one of them. We pray for hearts to see the reality of God’s love for them.
“. . . one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see." John 9:25
*A squat is the street location where our homeless kids sleeps at night, or more simply put...it is their bedroom (picture above).
