Wednesday, September 22, 1999
Wednesday, September 22, 1999
Commit your cause to the LORD.
He soon became frustrated by the institute's lack of books in raised print. He also found the
symbols in raised print confusing. So he set out, at twelve years of age, to invent his own system.
After three years he perfected the method, but he encountered hostility when he tried to convince
the world that his system was better. Even with the support of the institute's director, he was told
again and again that he was too young to have created a workable alphabet for the blind. Years
passed. This young man grew older, was made a teacher at the institute, and became a fine
organist, always hoping that his method would find acceptance. It was not until he lay in bed,
dying of tuberculosis, that he heard that the first steps were being taken to popularize his system.
Though he did not live to witness it, Louis Braille's alphabet became the universal method of
reading for the blind.
What cause will you live and give for to make God's world healthier?
Ron Newhouse
(Psalms 22:8
NRSV)
I read once about one of the most remarkable young men. He was a young man who had been left
blind in both eyes. In nineteenth-century France, blind children had little help and few hopes. But
then a kind priest, Father Jacques Palluy, took an interest in the lad. He was amazed at the boy's
intelligence and eagerness to learn. With his parents' permission, Father Palluy enrolled the boy in
the Royal Institute of Blind Youth in Paris.
Dear God, may what I do today make a real difference tomorrow. Amen.
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