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Day Thirteen | March 8
Thirteen
Healer of My Eyes
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“None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.”
He was a giant of a man – not in size, but in significance. The maternal grandfather of my wife, they called him Keepaw. And though I only knew him for a short while, Keepaw’s stories were legendary: his sport fishing in the Gulf, his kayaking across Canada, his award-winning photography. Even late in life, one of his greatest loves was to load up the motorcoach and hit the road with Meemaw. He was a man of keen wisdom and courage and insight, though he was a man without sight. Keepaw was blind. But, in a way, he could see better than any of us.
It’s a story we read throughout the Gospels: Jesus opening blind eyes. And He still works that miracle today. He still heals our eyes because we are all blind to something. We can be blind to the many blessings He has given us (ingratitude). We can be blind to all the needs that surround us (selfabsorption). We can be blind to opportunities, to beauty, to moments, to miracles. Jesus still heals our eyes – the way we see our world, the way we see others, and the way we see ourselves.
It’s a spiritual sight that we need – vision unmarred by pride and prejudice. It’s seeing the world around us (and the world within us) through the eyes of Christ: letting our hearts break for what breaks His. But it’s also about joy. It’s also about peace. It’s also about the sublime opportunity to see the very hand of God in action. It’s us allowing the Spirit to sweep away every distraction so we might see those things that really matter.
Jesus still opens eyes. He still heals vision. He still transforms sight – giving us the courage, not just during Lent but throughout life, to look deep within ourselves and, then, out into the world. Who do we say that He is? How have we seen Him move? Though dimmed by pain and sin and regret, our eyes can still yet see the silhouette of His grace and mercy at work – allowing us, with the great hymnist of old, to proclaim: “I was blind, but now I see!”
