John 9

When I read these first few verses of this chapter I almost fell off the couch. God works in mysterious ways. I almost didnt read John chapter 9 tonight because I was thinking about beginning to move through several different books but I decided against it and began reading chapter 9. Dad and I just had a discussion about why people got sick. I told him that I didn't necessarily believe that every person that got cancer or some other awful disease was being punished. For years, people have believed that God punished people who sinned by making them sick. Well, according to this scripture, Jesus said thid man wasn't born blind because of sin, but so that God could perform a miracle in him and show the world who his son was! Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all view sicknesses and diseases that way? I know I can't for sure. With Lane being so sick with his immune system, it's hard to believe that God could be glorified through this situation at all. In fact, I've blamed myself for his sickness for years. I've always felt that msybe he was possibly suffering because of me being so rebellious as a child, but I'm wondering if maybe I was just allowing satan to attempt to make me bitter towards God. It didnt work of course, reading these verses was like a breath of fresh air.

I can imagine that Jesus stepped on the toes of these religious leaders! I enjoyed reading about thin story because so many things happen in a short amount of time. The blind man's parents are questions by the leaders. The know that anyone who says Jesus is the Messiah will be punished, so they pass the buck. Instead of defending their child, they were so afraid of the religious leaders that they turns their backs on him after Jesus had just healed him! We need to be careful that our attitudes don't make people feel unwelcome or unwanted.we should never make someone feel like they can't be honest with us. we always seem to want honesty, but most of the time if its given, We get irritated. Don't be in the same boat as the Pharisees and religious leaders. God created us all equal.