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Nothing. Darkness...varying degrees, but always dark. Blank. Sounds created mysteries to solve. Touch brought fear. Smells caused frustration. Totally dependent on the mercy of others for daily living; answers to any of a thousand questions, were a luxury.
Today began as any other. His bones ached from sleeping on the ground, his stomach begged for food; yet he barely noticed. This was normal. He felt his way to his usual spot by the road where he prayed for a kind-hearted soul to pass by.
There were the normal footsteps, the ones he could predict would pass each morning and never hesitate at the sight of him. Children scurrying about. Their chatter and laughter brought a smile to the man's face and a longing to his heart.
The normal noise began to fade. He sat up a little straighter. No, it wasn't fading -- it was being overpowered. Yes, louder voices; footsteps, too many to count, were coming near. Soon they were all around him. He could no longer tell from which direction they had come or where they were going. What did it mean? What was happening?
He could stand it no longer. He tentatively stretched out a weak arm, feeling for a hand, a hem of a garment, anything to get someone's attention so he could ask. The excitement of the crowd was contagious; he could feel it somehow. He had to know.
Grasping at everything that brushed his hand, he asked, over and over again, "What's happening? What does this mean?"
Finally, he realized people were answering him and calling to each other, as well. "It's Jesus, the one from Nazareth, passing by!"
Hope and desperation as he had never felt before ignited as a flame in his heart. It was Him. The One he had heard others speak of, the One he had always prayed to meet. He had wondered if it would ever happen; but never doubted that if it did, He was the only one capable of giving him the miracle he longed for with every breath: his sight.
He reached both arms out now and cried with a strength he hadn't known he possessed.
"Jesus!" And again, "Jesus, Son of David! Jesus, have mercy on me! Jesus!"
Those at the front of the crowd told the man to be quiet, "hush, Jesus is walking by
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Wonderful, wonderful in its truth, His truth. I love writing styles like this (a kindred spirit); they are a delight to read and to write. The calamity of the blind man could be enhanced, magnified, however, if you took some more of your obviously creative time to make the religious folks who tried to silence him easier to see. Their religious intolerance, their prejudice, their elitist attitude, perhaps? I've often thought of writing about this same story and I am so blessed to see that another has already. I love the way you poised questions, but didn't answer them; giving the Spirit room to use them at His leisure. Allowing Him to teach, reprove or instruct, as the case may be. Wise and creative, you remind me of our Father.
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