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The blind man sat on a street corner begging. His sign said
simply, “Blind. Please help.” A stranger came up and said, “Let me
change your sign,” as he wrote a message on the other side. At the end
of the day, the blind man recognized the footsteps of the stranger, and
called out to him saying, “People have been so much more generous today
than ever before. What did you write on my sign?” The stranger replied,
“I wrote ‘Today is the first day of spring, and I cannot see it.’”
The blind man was helped that day by people who had a change
in perspective. How many beautiful spring days have you witnessed, and
then never given a second thought? We do take so much for granted, don’t
we!
American author Nathaniel Hawthorne (The Scarlet Letter)
once wrote, “Our creator would never have made us such lovely days, and
have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all
thought, unless we were meant to be immortal.” Surely with all He has
done for us, He wants us to enjoy our existence beyond this life. What a
waste if all of the memories and experiences of life simply end with
death.
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even
so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life: (John 3:14-16). “My sheep
hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them
eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man
pluck them out of my hand” (John 10:27-28). “Verily, verily, I say unto
you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath
everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed
from death unto life” (John 5:24). Knowing that
we have passed from death unto life, let us appreciate the beautiful
world God has given us as a time to prepare for eternity!
Blind. Please Help.
By Bob Prichard
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