I was teaching John 9:1-38’s story of Jesus healing the blind from birth man,
and introduced it by using the action of a blind person touching a person’s face to know what they looked like.
And God spoke….
Blind from birth people feel with their hands.
They form images of the world around them
By what they experience, hear, and feel with their hands.
Incomplete to sighted peoples’ minds,
But I’ve heard it said for some, seeing becomes unnecessary.
Blind from birth people see with their hands,
And when they know you well,
They may ask to touch your face
To get an image of what you look like.
And it seems to me with that request, a deeper trust is achieved.
In a sense, we all are blind when we approach God.
We can’t see a face.
We touch only representations of his face,
Feel his touch in our lives,
Experience the informing presence of God.
We read the words given so long ago,
And study other people’s insights.
We seek a life that expresses the balance between
Seeking personal peace and reaching out in holy risk taking,
But it is in prayer that we reach out and touch the face of God.
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Jo Bower (Randall)
I play piano, write, publish, and struggle with being as good as possible at things I do. My husband has recently went from being a full-time pastor to a full-time hospice chaplain. (Compassionate Care Hospice of Alexandria) Life changed drastically, and I am still in the I can’t believe I really have time for myself stage. I have read everything I can get my hands on and am taking a break from all that has stressed me. God is good and faithful. +
We attend the First United Church of Alexandria and are slowly getting involved with its opportunities for service. Our Sunday School Class is wonderful..
Life has changed again, and we have come full circle, returning to Oklahoma City, Ok where we began our life together. We have a good place to live, family is close, and we are walking new paths physically and spiritually.
Again, God remains faithful and has led us to a church that accepted us and has extended opportunities for us to serve.
My life-long dream is to minister to people I will never meet. And my final goal in life is to be used up. When all is said and done, and I am no longer ‘in charge’ or able to appear in public, I will have given everything I have to give, and be content to let the world come to me.
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