May 21
Anyone who has pondered the loss of one of the five senses has probably concluded that the richness of life would be greatly diminished if any one of them were to be lost. They are among the blessings we take most for granted; we enjoy them without thinking about them.
We could not enjoy food as fully without the senses of taste and smell. Children require the gentle touch of caring adults to flourish into well-adjusted adulthood. What would we do without the ability to hear glorious music performed in great cathedrals or on CD players in our own homes!
But when all is concluded, perhaps the sense we would most feel lost without is the ability to see. Without our vision, we would stumble in the dark. We could not traverse from place to place without assistance. We would feel helpless and lost—and that is precisely how we are affected by spiritual blindness as well. One of medicine’s great achievements is the surgery that can restore sight to blind eyes.
One of Christianity’s greatest miracles is the transformation from darkness to light that comes to men who have walked in spiritual darkness when, “He touched their eyes saying, ‘Let it be done according to your faith,’” (Matthew 9:29). When blind spiritual eyes are opened, a life is illumined for time and a soul is redeemed from the penalty of hell and the grave—a rich inheritance is seen and claimed.
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