John 9:13 and The Blind Spot

'Neither he nor his parents sinned,' Jesus answered, 'he was born blind so that the works of God might be revealed in him.

John 9:13

-- THE BLIND SPOT --

Jesus again placed his hands on the man's eyes. This time... he saw
everything clearly. – Mark 8:24-25


Reflection: During my college days, our professor in Psychology
required us to experiment on discovering our blindspots. Blindspots
are the natural limitations of our sense of sight. It is the area
that we can't see but through the help of our other eye, that blind
spot can be reduced.


Jesus in this reading helped the blind man by restoring the sense of
sight that he lost. This restoration is not just about the Physical
restoration of his sense of sight but of his spritual blindness. We
may be able to have a 20 20 vision but certain impediments like sin,
pride, envy, hatred, pass hurts and so on can well blind our hearts,
blind our determination and blind us from seeing the beautiful things
that are happening or just happened and so on.
Jesus also showed the caring side of him by pulling the blind man
aside and healed him. Maybe Jesus was to pull us aside and heal us as
well. It is the personal space that Jesus is giving us. Maybe He
doesn't want to heal him in crowded and noisy place and gave him the
time and space just between the two of them for his words to be heard
clearly by him.


Our blindspot can also be reduced by allowing other's sight to
enlighten and expand our view. We also need other people's honest
comments and suggestions for us to be the better person that we need
to become.