Mark 10:51
The blind man
replied to him, “Master, I want to see.”
“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
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By the word of the Lord the heavens were made.
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