John 9:1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.

“Do you even see me?”

saw = horaó - stared, discern clearly

John 9:1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.

John 9:2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

Why would God have it that people are born with disabilities?

John 9:3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.

John 9:4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 9:6 Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud

John 9:7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.

What if Christ’s plan for your path to healing starts with something you think will just make matters worse?

What if Christ’s plan for your healing starts with something that feels like it will take you away from him?

John 9:8-9 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.”