HAVE YOU GONE BLIND OR IT THAT YOU JUST HAVEN'T OPENED YOUR EYES?

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Back in the days before mechanism took over, mules were used to pull the coal cars through the mines.

On Sundays, the one day of the week that the miners did not work, the mules were brought up into the light. If they were left in darkness for too long they would go blind, their eyes no longer able to discern the light.

Some people are so afflicted.

They choose eternal darkness and eventually go completely blind.

Blind to the light of the Holy Spirit. Blind to the healing hand of the Master Physician. They do not believe as did David when he wrote, “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid.” (Psalm 27:1) And so they are terribly, miserably, overwhelmingly blind.

How does that old hymn go?

Abide with me, fast falls the eventide.
The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, oh abide with me.
Who wrote these words?
An old preacher in the year 1847. For years he had ministered to sailors, many of whom sailed forth to be swallowed up in raging storms.

And now, old, tired and having preached his last sermon, he asked a final favor of his Jesus, “Give me one last blessing. Give me the ability to write a hymn that will provide comfort to the survivors of these men lost at sea.”

This is you and I, survivors on the sea of life. We all have felt losses; been swallowed up sometimes by evil; been unable to endure the storms of temptations; beat down by drugs or depression, or loss of dignity, or mean thoughts.

And so we pray to the God-sent Nazarene who journeyed down from heaven to benevolently save us from ourselves.

To help us gain empathy from our pain.

To help us realize that life is not always something to be enjoyed but a lesson to be learned.

In short, sometimes we must learn to hang by our fingertips till the Lord helps us find a place to put our feet.

Daniel Boone once said, “I never was lost, but I was once powerful confused for three whole days.” Do you want to cut down on your confusions? Then remember who you are and act like it. A child of God – glory in it! A little lower than the angels – believe it! Loved by Jesus who heals because we so often need His healing – depend upon it!

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