Monday

Read John 7:1 - 10:42


"As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?' 'Neither this man nor his parents sinned,' said Jesus 'but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. As long as it is day, we must do the work of Him who sent me. Night is coming, when no-one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." Having said this he spit on the ground, made some saliva and put it on the man's eyes. "Go," He told him 'wash in the pool of Siloam." So the man went and washed and came back home seeing. (John 9:1-7)


Another great and long weekend. Its challenging to keep up to date with this daily QT. I'm already backlogged a couple of days. Well, Saturday we had our missions prep for Indo team and we decided to outreach to a random location. We prayed and then decided to go to Auburn.

We said "hello" to people and spent time loving them and hearing their stories. We came across people from all walks of life, some from Afghan and some young locals. We also came across a young disabled girl and her carer who were enjoying a windy Saturday at the local shopping center. She had some sort of brain disorder which made her body twitch in different places. Two of our sisters approached her to talk and pray for her.

I guess the initial thought is why her? And I guess there is no answer to that. Was she disabled for God to be glorified? Clearly it wasn't due to her or her parents fault as the passage states. One thing the sisters noticed about her was her spirit of joy. Although she was disabled and maybe in some discomfort she was joyful that she was outside on a windy afternoon.

This challenged me - my level of faith. In times of trials and tribulations, am I relying on God to give me strength to get through those times or am I miserable and bitter towards God? Sometimes our own issues and struggles don't appear to be that big compared to the millions of other hurting people out there.

There's also like a guy who lost all his limbs. He goes around preaching hope, his story and motivating people to never give up. He does this illustration where he falls flat on his face and demonstrates that the natural is to stay down and roll around in self pity. But with just using his torso he gets up. Maybe the loss of his limbs had to happen so that God could be glorified. The pain may seem temporary here on Earth but when he gets to heaven I would be safe to assume he will get a new body and a "well done my good and faithful servant."

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