Luke 18:35-43 ~ Praise to God

Luke 18:35-43

English Standard Version, David Cochran Audio Bible

³⁵ As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. ³⁶ And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant. ³⁷ They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."

³⁸ And he cried out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" ³⁹ And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" ⁴⁰ And Jesus stopped and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he asked him, ⁴¹ "What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, let me recover my sight." ⁴² And Jesus said to him, "Recover your sight; your faith has made you well." ⁴³ And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

Expectation. Persistence. And God's Willingness. Each day. Today.


I have re-told the miracle of my mother's friend Pat on our Scripture for Today Blog, but it is a marvelous work of God and should be rejoiced over again during this Thanksgiving Season. Pat is a Psychologist and has a hereditary condition of very weak, puny blood vessels to the eyes. She went in to the eye doctor to find out what her condition was and was told, after testing and examination, her eye blood vessels were much, much smaller than normal. And were failing. Pat was advised to learn Braille, as a sighted person, because she would be completely blind in 5 years.

Some time after that, Pat went back to the doctor and said her vision was profoundly worse. The doctor was very upset with Pat and said she had been very unwise not to learn Braille because a sighted person has a very much harder task to learn Braille after blindness occurs. Pat wanted to know why her vision was worse. The doctor examined her and found she had the beginnings of Cataracts in both eyes. Pat requested a surgery for Cataracts and the doctor said her blood vessels were so weak, it would result in instant blindness. Pat was angrily told to learn Braille immediately.

Pat would not learn Braille, she was busy going to every healing service she could find. Pat reasoned that she helps people and her eyes were necessary to do so. Pat flew all over the country going to healing services.

One day Pat noticed her vision was much, much better. No trumpet was heard. No hands felt on fire. Just one day, Pat was better. Back for another eye appointment. Her eye doctor said her vision was miraculously better. No cataracts and normal blood vessels. No explanation but Jesus.

Expectation. Persistence. And God's Willingness. Each day. Today.


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