The blind see better than me

I just got finished taking a test for my industrial psychology class, upon leaving I was steered by the Holy Spirit in a different direction that I usually do not travel, in fact I never travel at all! I felt my heart beat profusely inside my chest, it was like a sonar that was sounding the red alert to signify it just spotted an enemy ship and that you needed to head to this vicinity if you desired to engage and destroy it. I don't think I really had a choice here the Holy Spirit was real aggressive. The Holy Spirit really wanted to show me something so I went not knowing what to look for, but trusted He would show me.

While traveling in this direction I began to observe two people who collectively decided to pace in front of me. Upon staying back i heard a tapping sound on the ground about 50 clicks from me. I thought nothing of it because of the construction that was happening on campus. The sound got closer, but I subconsciously decided to ignore it . Then it happened I felt a gentle breeze pass by me, and as I looked up I noticed the two people in front had whisked by a blind girl ( who I will call Rose, because of her awesome pink shirt) that was passing me and was venturing into a construction zone that was on your left across the street from where I was coming from. My heart immediately fell into a sense of great compassion for Rose, but before it reached the compassion level, it stopped at anger. I was utterly disgusted in the fact that the two people in front of me had to dodge Rose and walk completely around her to avoid a confrontation with her and just simply neglected dealing with situation that had the potential to be really bad for Rose if she kept walking toward the construction zone. Whatever the case maybe and how bad I wanted to dropkick them in the face I had to get over it because Rose was not stopping anytime soon. So, I ran to her as quickly as my feet would take me and reached out to stop her movement and asked her if she needed some assistance. She softly replied, "Yes if you would, I want to get to the Langdale parking lot." Rose had walked entirely in the wrong direction and was not intending on stopping anytime soon, she needed intervention. So I began to negotiate with Rose, more so to say I don't care what you say I'm taking you where you need to go and gave her my arm and I took her where she needed to go. As we walked together through the campus, peering eyes seemed to flock to our location very rapidly like a hawk descending to their prey. It was like no one had ever seen someone that was blind. Nevertheless, the perceptions may have differed that day to what they saw and what Christ saw. During my conversation with Rose I realized she was very different and had a glorious glow about her that i found very fascinating and uniquely relaxing. I never asked Rose what happened to her, but treated her as person that was not different from me and the same grace that came to me could undoubtedly come to her. By talking to Rose I had to ask if she knew Jesus, and with a smile she did not hesitate to reply, "Yes of course, He is my life." I wanted to just hug and commend her for the faith in Him that was convicting the fool out of me. Even as the outside world lay closed to Rose visually there was a smile and response in her voice about Jesus, that brought me to conclude that even though she could not see, she has seen everything that she wanted and needed to see in the face of Jesus and was really not blind at all, but was innately in tune to real vision, her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

I not gonna lie to you it was tough walking with Rose because the tears i was fighting where kicking my butt, I just wanted to make everything better for her. I wanted to fix her and end her suffering of not being able to experience life like the Lord has graciously allowed me to experience it. However, The Lord is great teacher and patient with me, reminded of the things in life that we take or I take for granted. That life is simply not in what we experience but rather who were experiencing. The Lord reminded me through Rose even though her experiences in this life were difficult it did not stop her from experiencing her maker. It brakes my heart for all the people who are missing out on the Lord and are experiencing tings that come anywhere remotely close to who He is. I don't understand a lot things but I do know He chooses the foolish things of man to shame the wise(1 Cor. 1:28-29), thank you for humbling me through Rose. I love you and pray I keep your commands by being your Son to all people, no matter what there clothed in.

John 9

before I left Rose God brought to light His Holy word. I believe everything in this universe points to Jesus and creation testifies to His glory. There are moments all around us where we can experience God the way He wants us to experience Him and the craving in us can be satisfied by our lover if we allow Him to speak to us. This moment with Rose being one of those times. I'm recalled to the healing of the man that was born blind. Jesus heals a man that was born blind since birth, the pharisees did not like the fact that Jesus healed some on the Sabbath. So, they interrogated the man and eventually kicked him out the temple because he mocked the Pharisees for the unbelief and resiliency to lean upon the law of Moses rather than the grace and truth of Jesus Christ(John 1:17). Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you." He said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped him. Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind." Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?" Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains. (John 9:35-41)

This brings me to what I wanted to address real quick. I believe that there are a ton of us who claim to see but really don't see at all. The sin of omission(not doing what the Lord tells you to do) has clouded our vision and just like those two people who chose to avoid Rose and not confront the need for grace in her life, overlooked the very thing the Lord wanted them to see. We are just like that, we avoid the obvious indicators where grace needs to be extended, refuse to confront them with Christ and do everything to run away from the responsibility of what the Lord is commissioned us to as administrators of love to make Him famous and share His gospel to all people. Where is our love for Him? Have we forgotten we were all once blinded by our sin, and God rich in His mercy and grace pulled the scales away and allowed us to see Him. I want to challenge those who claim to see , are you guilty of your religiosity of living life the way you think it should be experienced, or are you experiencing Christ the way he wants you to experience Him, through associating your self in His will and being Him no matter what situation or circumstances arise. Everything exists to give Him glory. What part are you playing, giving or stealing?

Granted I can not down play the fact that there are true authentic followers of Jesus Christ out there and I implore them to keep fighting the good fight, but with regret I must say Rose walked completely across campus were 13,000 students attend and no one inquired if she needed help, she was going the wrong way! Let's not be a generation who let people go there entire lives in the wrong direction and not inquire if the need help. They need the extended hand of grace that will walk with them and talk with them and point them in the right direction, to Jesus! let's be that generation!

Thank you Jesus for Rose. Thank you for opening my eyes!