So guess what? The other day I sat at the church on my bike, and I started a conversation with the Lord, and it became the exact post I needed. Haha...you know what? I forgot it. So now I am giving you posts, from other people, to buy time, for me! Anyway, no worries, I will be giving an original posty by Lisa herself soon! But until than enjoy this devotion by a man that goes by the name of Melvin M. Brubaker.
One day as I was forcefully stating where I stood on an issue, my friend said to me, "You have to realize, the same boiling water that will make a potatoe soft will turn an egg hard." Since that day, his words have often come back to me when I am tempted to use boiling speech. Yet that which may be considered insulting can also be beneficial if it is given and recieved in the right spirit. In the old testement, as well as in the suffering of Jesus, being spat upon was a shameful thing. Why then did Jesus make a clay of spittle and smear it on blind eyes? why not merely say, "Recieve thy sight?" The blind man accpeted Jesus' act though normally would have considered it offensive. The natural thing would have been to wipe it off quickly, turn away in digust, or lash back with strong words, a fist, or our own spittle. Was this not the attitude of the Pharisees? They repeatedly asked the healed man how his healing came about. they demanded an answer of his parents. Finally, in frustration, they called him a sinner and cast him out. When we fail, we should be like the blind man and recieve help even if that help comes in a form that is hard on our flesh. It is by humbling assistance that we can learn to see. The truth of God's Word is always for our good if we accept it to that end. --Melvin M. Brubaker - Port Treverton, PA.
"Better to be physically blind but spiritually focused than to be sharp-eyed and spiritually sightless."
"And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spat on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught."--Mark 8:23
