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A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. 'Give glory to God by telling the truth,' they said. 'We know this man is a sinner.'  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 9:24-25

Before you read the next sentence, stop and close your eyes for thirty seconds. What did you see? Maybe nothing? Perhaps total darkness?

Now, try to imagine that's all you've ever seen, all you've ever known. As a child, when you heard someone ask you to look at something, you could turn your head toward the voice, but could see nothing. Decades would pass and you would never see a tree, or cloud, or the faces of those you loved most.

Then one day, someone comes to you, puts mud in your eyes, and tells you to go to a specific place and wash it out of your eyes. And when you do, you can see.  People understandably question you about how this happened. But all you can say is that a man you don't know cured your blindness.

The main concern for religious leaders of the time is that this miracle happened on the Sabbath. Doing any work on the Sabbath is against Jewish law. They downplay the miracle, ignore the opportunity to celebrate with him, and bring in your parents to demand an explanation.

Your parents try to explain that they don't know how it happened. And all you can do is watch their faces like it's the first time you've seen them - because it is. They continue to be interrogated, but you are distracted with trying to understand all the curious and beautiful things you see around you.

In frustration, the leaders demand an explanation from you, but all you can tell them is the truth: you know nothing more than, "I was blind, and I now see!" John 9:25  Sometimes our need to understand blinds us from the miracles of God that are in plain sight. In the process, we miss opportunities to celebrate His goodness.

There is a real possibility that in the next seven days something will happen to you or someone you know that can only be explained by, "All I know is... it was God's work!" Let that be enough. It's okay if you don't know or understand the details. Just say what you know to be true. And when He is ready, if He thinks we need to know, God will make sure we see!

- tom norvell