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I Was Blind, But Now, I See
As part of my daily routine, I try to start the day by reading the Bible. I find that my days proceed more smoothly if I absorb God’s word and try to figure out what He would have me do on that day. By contrast, when I simply rush into the day without taking that quiet time in the morning, I feel distracted all day long. Multiple thoughts and ideas bounce around in my brain, and I’m often thinking about past mistakes and how to correct them or about upcoming events and what I need to do beforehand. On those days, I rarely enjoy the present.
Fortunately, now that I’m retired, I don’t have that morning pressure of rushing off to work each day, so I can more easily take the Bible time I need in the morning, and lately, I’ve been reading about the miracles of Jesus. And as I read about them I have to admit that I’ve always been a bit puzzled by the contrast in the words Jesus spoke to those He healed or brought back from the dead. I never quite understood why after performing the miracles, we see four different possibilities regarding what Jesus says or does.
First, for example, Jesus says basically to some people, “Go tell others what I did for you.” Second, however, He says, again basically, to other people, “Don’t tell anybody what I did for you.” Third, in one situation, when he healed the man with leprosy, He combines the two directives and says, “Don’t tell anyone…
