Wednesday 3rd March.
So that’s February over and done with. Roll on spring!
I walk past this tree most mornings with the dog. Its just a fairly unremarkable tree but on this morning with a bit of fog it looked really dramatic. Isolated from the usual clutter of the background its beauty was clear. Which set me thinking.
In the Chapter 8 of Mark’s gospel …
“They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?” He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”
Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.”
In this episode we see Jesus healing a blind man. He leads the man somewhere quieter, where the sudden shock of vision can be managed. Jesus treats his patient using methods that will make sense to him, spittle was believed to have healing properties in those days. The man does not get his sight back all in one go, his vision is restored in stages.
One of the things about the Christian faith is that when we join it some folk think “that’s it” I’m a Christian now and I’m sorted. This is far from the truth, God’s true nature continues to be revealed in stages, becoming a Christian is the start of the journey. As we grow in maturity in our faith we gradually get to know God better although I sometimes think the more I learn the less I know.
During the fog of COVID lockdown its hard to see the way ahead, and in many respects its a good thing that we can’t see too far into the future. Imagine the despair we would have felt if last March at the start of the first lockdown we had known we’d still be locked down a year later.
So coming out of lockdown will be a gradual process, we won’t get it all revealed at once. A bit of patience is still required but we can hold onto the hope and the certainty that we will get there !
Sometimes the fog helps you see things clearer…
and appreciate the beauty in what you can see.
