A Blind Man’s
Confession
The story of the blind man at Bethsaida causes confusion. Why
did Jesus healing of the blind man take two tries? Maybe, the story has deeper meaning.
All language about God is symbolic and figurative. All
language is metaphorical. Words are never the thing itself. We can only use
words to point at what we want to describe. And, when it comes to the divine,
our words don’t even come close to the mystery of God. Love and death are
things we may never know in completeness.
The word moon only points us toward the moon. Only a handful
of people can say they touched the moon. Words can only point us to God. Words
are how we begin to see God. Words keep us humble by searching our limited world to best describe
our experience with Jesus.
I think that is the story of the blind man at Bethsaida. It is
a blind man’s confession. It is the words of the Blind man and the words of the
Gospel writer attempting to describe an experience of Jesus.
What does the Gospel mean and how do these words point to God?
Maybe faith in Jesus shows us the fullness of our human
potential. The more we know Jesus, the more intimate we come with Him; the more
we realize our potential. We reject our outlook on the world. We come closer to
Jesus becoming fully human.
Maybe it means even though we find Jesus our eyes may not be
open fully at first. Maybe, we need to get closer more intimate with the Lord. We
are to come to Jesus again and again so we can see clearer.
Maybe opening our eyes we awaken our faith. Jesus awakens our
faith to fully see God’s love. It is a love that transforms how we believe and
who we are in the world.
All we have is words, like a blind man, trying to see God.
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