Sifting through my Facebook page kind of sucks sometimes. I feel bombarded with political statements, self-righteous opinions, and an overall hatred towards people who look/act/think/or believe differently from what others deem 'appropriate.' There are so many empty 'Amen' comments to posts that definitely aren't speaking the truth 'in love.'
In the opening of John chapter 9 Jesus and his disciples come across a blind man. The disciples immediately ask the question, "Is he blind because of his sin, or his parents?" Immediately, they assume that this man is 'getting what he deserves,' and instead of taking compassion on him, they want to know the 'down and dirty of his past.'
This man might have been physically blind, but the disciples were spiritually blinded by the same naive notion that people 'are where they are' and 'do what they do' because they're not working hard enough or simply lazy.
The reality was that the man had been blind so that the "works of God might be displayed in him." How many people out there are waiting for the mud to be washed out their eyes and how many people are waiting for you to do it? The disciples judged. Jesus healed.
Are you trying to heal the world or hurt it?
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