Monday, March 15, 1999
Monday, March 15, 1999
First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the
speck out of your neighbor's eye.
After losing her sight she began to notice things around her that she had never noticed before.
There was a young man who had been born blind who stood on the street corner. When she had
her sight she never paid any attention to him, but now that she could not see she spoke to him and
eventually became his friend. She discovered that he'd never had a birthday party. "So I baked
him a cake and organized a party," she said. "He blew out the candles he couldn't see." He was
delirious with joy. She describes her experience in most interesting terms. She says, "I felt so
happy. I had come from that blind person on the corner to someone who had seen a need and
done something about it." You see what she was saying? It was she who was blind--blind to the
needs of others, but now she could see.
Ronald Newhouse, Texas, USA
(Luke 6:42
NRSV)
A mother of five lost her vision through illness. She struggled with her blindness. She had always
been self-sufficient, doing things for herself. Now she had to depend on other people to do the
things she once did for herself. Through this experience she realized how much she needed other
people.
Prayer: Dear Jesus, help me to see the needs of your precious children. Amen.
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