BUT A POOR REFLECTION: Open the eyes of my heart

Monday, June 04, 2007

Open the eyes of my heart

As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Paul,

Interesting how GOD seeks to display his glory. This is a good post. I have linked to it from my blog.; 6/04/2007 7:26 pm
Paul said...: Thanks, Mike!
As you may have noticed I am going through the Gospel of John. I enjoy every part of it so far, but this story of the blind man has a special meaning to me. During a transition period in my professional life - 10 years ago - I really didn't understand why God was leading me in a certain direction. I was looking for clues and signs, but it was getting harder and harder for me to see what God wanted me to do. Looking back on this period, I am happy that the Lord guided me in this way, all the time teaching me to wait for him and to trust him even if I couldn't see where the road was leading.; 6/04/2007 9:32 pm
Anonymous said...: Isnt that what a life of real faith is all about. The first disciples really did not know where they were going. The didn't see the cross coming they just followed.

I think we all like to plan, be prepared and have the end in sight. This works great in the business world. Trouble is, this is not how a disciple lives.; 6/04/2007 11:04 pm

God loves us

Have you ever wondered why God gives so much? We could exist on far less. He could have left the world flat and grey; we wouldn’t have known the difference. But he didn’t. He splashed orange in the sunrise and cast the sky in blue. And if you love to see geese as they gather, chances are you’ll see that too. Did he have to make the squirrel’s tail furry? Was he obliged to make the birds sing? And the funny way that chickens scurry or the majesty of thunder when it rings? Why give a flower fragrance? Why give food its taste? Could it be he loves to see that look upon your face?

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Sadhu Sundar Singh

I do not condemn theologians wholesale, but it is unfortunately the fashion in Western thinking to doubt and deny everything. I protest this tendency. I never advise anyone to consult theologians, because all too often they have completely lost all sense of spiritual reality. They can explain Greek words and all that, but they spend too much time among their books and not enough time with the Master in prayer. It is not that I oppose all education, but education without life is certainly dangerous. You must stop examining spiritual truths like dry bones! You must break open the bones and take in the life-giving marrow.

Oswald Chambers

In the Bible clouds are always associated with God. Clouds are the sorrows, sufferings, or providential circumstances, within or without our personal lives, which actually seem to contradict the sovereignty of God. Yet it is through these very clouds that the Spirit of God is teaching us how to walk by faith. If there were never any clouds in our lives, we would have no faith. "The clouds are the dust of His feet" (Nahum 1:3). They are a sign that God is there. What a revelation it is to know that sorrow, bereavement, and suffering are actually the clouds that come along with God! God cannot come near us without clouds— He does not come in clear-shining brightness. (Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, July 29th)