As he continued his journey towards his death and ressurection, Jesus encountered a beggar whose physical blindness Jesus cured. The significance of this act of kindness was so great that it sparked a rather big controversy amongst the Pharisees and some of the Jews, for Jesus had healed on a Sabbath, an act which was akin to crime in those days.
This story of one of Jesus' many miracles raises two important points. The first comes from the actions of the Pharisees. Many a time we tend to blow things out of proportions. We tend to misread the intentions of others because their actions seem out of the current social norms. Sometimes, we even allow those standards to be our excuse for not doing the right thing; we allow ourselves to be suffocated by social norms, and fail to reach out to the lonely, fail to heal the sick or love the unloved. Jesus proved himself greater than the Sabbath and the laws which the Pharisees had twisted and contorted--we, too, have to be greater than the boundaries this physical world has constructed around us.
The second point stems from the blind man. He showed us a quality that we often overlook: steadfastness. He did not fear the Pharisees, who probably had the power to punish him for defying them. Instead, he allowed himself to revel in the Truth--that Jesus was the saviour of the world, the only Son of God. Jesus is always there, always healing and guiding us through the difficulties of our lives. Yet when he needs us most, where are we? When the Pharisees of our modern world condemn him, do we stand up for the Lord who has returned us our sight? Or do we shy away, afraid of what the blind might do to us?
The road to the cross was not easy for Jesus, yet he never backed away from those who needed his grace. Let us then walk in his footsteps, and allow our blindness to be washed away in his wondrous love.
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