----- Original Message ----- From: "TruthMedia Women's Devotional" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:44 AM Subject: Womens Email Devotional - Thursday September 25, 2008
: : : I WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE : : : by John Grant : : **Do you see your spouse through spiritual eyes? How can one learn to "see" each other better? Here is lesson to help you: http://thelife.com/study/goodfight.html?section=goodfight : : "He replied, ?Whether he is a sinner or not, I don't know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!'" (John 9:25). : : While waiting for a laser procedure on my eyes, my doctor friend spotted me in pre op and asked me to come with him "to see why we love what we do." I followed him into the post op area where patients were recovering. As we went from patient to patient, his question was always the same..... "Can you see better?" : : Each patient said yes and described what was better about their sight. Some saw more vivid colors. Others saw more clearly. And, still others could see without having to wear glasses. One lady said she couldn't remember having that good of eyesight since she was a little girl. None understood what had happened to them except that they had undergone eye surgery. But one thing they all said was that they could see better. : : I thought of the man, a beggar, mentioned in the Gospel of John. He was a man blind from birth. Jesus mixed some mud with His own saliva, placed it on the man's eyes and told him to go wash in the pool of Siloam. He did as he was told and for the first time in his life he had sight. : : He didn't understand who Jesus was or what had happened to him, but one this he knew with a shadow of a doubt.... "I was blind but now I see." John 9:25. The Pharisees tried to get him into a debate as to who Jesus was and whether he was a sinner by healing on the Sabbath. Again, he professed to not understand all that had taken place, but one thing he knew for sure was that he could see. : : Sometimes we don't understand all of the theological implications of everything that happens to us, but in our heart we know that we know that Jesus has saved us and we will be with Him for eternity. As Jesus gave the man physical sight, when we give our heart to Christ, we gain a new spiritual sight. We may not understand all that happens to us, but we know that we gain new spiritual eyes and see the Master in a way as never before. : : It was John Newton who wrote: "Amazing grace! How sweet the sound! That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see." I pray that Jesus will everyday give me better spiritual eyesight to see Him and to see the plan He has for my life. (a thought on life from John Grant ) : : Questions: How is your spiritual eyesight? How can one learn to better understand what God's plan is for our lives? : : About the Author: http://thelife.com/experience/devotionalforwomen/authors/john_grant/ : : : Comment on the devotional blog. Interact with others who are reading today's devotional. Visit http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalforwomen/2008/09/25/i-was-blind-but-now-i-see/#comments : : Copyright : This devotional is protected by copyright laws and may not be reprinted or posted to a site without permission from TruthMedia Internet Group. All readers are welcome to forward the devotional to a friend or link to it. If you would like to seek permission to reprint the devotional in full, please see our guidelines: http://tmdevotionals.com/women/reprint-permission/ : : : : ----------End of Newsletter Text---------- : You are currently subscribed to the TruthMedia Daily Women's Devotional as [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://www.tmdevotionals.com/unsubscribe and fill in the required information. : : Feel free to forward this devotional to a friend. If you received it from a friend and would like to subscribe, visit http://www.tmdevotionals.com/subscribe and fill in the required information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.7.1/1688 - Release Date: 9/24/2008 6:29 AM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
