Remember last Sunday's gospel story about James and John asking to sit at the right hand and the left hand of Jesus in the Kingdom? Here's a quotation I found about this morning's story of healing the blind man:
What the blind man asked was quite different from what James and John asked. The blind man asked not to be seen, but to see: not for honor, but for vision; not to be superior to ordinary people, but to become ordinary himself; not to rule over others, but to join others in their experience of a normal life.A big breakthrough for me spiritually came when I learned to be okay with being ordinary - and not only just okay but to cherish being ordinary. Learning to be ordinary brings us in solidarity with others. Insisting on being special isolates us.
What a great quotation.
ReplyDeleteThe Bartimaeus explanation is wonderful. Such a short piece of scripture so full of life and enlightenment!
ReplyDeleteWow this quote is beautiful! Thanks for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteSo true. And a good reminder.
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