Scripture Reading: John 9:1-11
The narrative of the opening of this blind man’s eyes is given only in John’s gospel. It is recorded with much minuteness, not merely because of the greatness of the miracle, but also because it was a sign of the spiritual enlightening which Jesus came to give to men. The cure seems to have been performed without request, either from the blind man himself or from any of his friends. The thought of it arose in the compassionate heart of Jesus. The case was pitiable enough. No other physical calamity is sorer than blindness. It shuts a man away in the darkness so that he cannot see anything of the beauty of God’s world about him. Besides, blindness made this man helpless. He had to depend on others for everything. Another’s hand must lead him wherever he went, another’s eyes must see for him, and he must get through another’s mind only dim ideas of form, color and beauty.
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