He received his sight, and...
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"He received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way." This is the word concerning blind Bartimaeus. Helen Keller once wrote an article titled Three Days to See in which she said, "I have imagined what I should most like to see if I were given the use of my eyes for, say, just three days." She went on to say that on the first day she would want to see the people whose kindness and companionship had made hem life worth living. On the second day she said she would like "to probe into the soul of man through his art," to see the pageant of human progress. Then the third day she would choose to spend in the workaday world of business, in the practical arena of routine affairs.
These are commendable purposes on the part of fine, sensitive human beings. But what of Bartimaeus? Let it be said for him that the very first thing he did with his newfound sight was to get up and go with Jesus. Could he have done any better, do you think?
-- Mann
These are commendable purposes on the part of fine, sensitive human beings. But what of Bartimaeus? Let it be said for him that the very first thing he did with his newfound sight was to get up and go with Jesus. Could he have done any better, do you think?
-- Mann
