Mark 10:51
The blind man replied to him, “Master, I want to see.”
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“Oh, God, please help me go through this crisis in my life. Please forgive me for all the sins I have done and I promise not to do it again.”
This is how we pray, because maybe, just this morning, one of our loved ones was either sick or has met an accident. Or maybe, because a big financial problem is being experienced by the family.
But most of the time, once we received what we need, we again go back to our previous wrongdoings, totally forgetting God… until that next disaster.
We are all blind in faith because we choose not to see and remain in the dark, or go back in the dark, where things are easier to do.
But then, there are those people who pray not because they are in crisis. They prayer not because they have problems. Rather, they pray because they saw themselves, in all humility, as absolutely dependent upon Him, their only hope. They pray because they are faithful… they pray because they are hopeful. They pray because they see with their heart.
The miracle stories of Bartimaeus seeing again are signs of who Jesus is for us. We should invite Him in our hearts, seeing with the eyes of faith. Perhaps dimly at first and in need of correction, but nevertheless focused on the source of life and light that the Lord is offering to all of us.
Make sure we never go blind again and continue to see. The change was permanent and these drastic changes in our lives should also be permanent and plain for all to see.
May others see all the good and right things in us so they may know that the Lord our God is really a merciful and loving God.
Let us pray +
Almighty Father, open my eyes. Open my heart. Renew my faith with the unstoppable faith that Bartimaeus possessed. Amen +
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made.
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