Of Bears and Penguins

Church again today. No mockingbird to wonder at the cross the week, but the truth remains the same.

And the gospel passage from Mark, where Jesus heals the blind man at Bethsaida.

Jesus touches him twice.

The first time, the man can only see fuzzy things, the people, he says, look like trees.

The second time, his sight is restored.

And then a few verses later, Peter confesses that Jesus is the Christ.

The pastor today likened us to the blind man and to Peter, we have this fuzzy glimpse of Christ and the great gift of salvation, but we can't fully see it. It's through a mirror darkly.

But what I heard was that healing can take time, and thank God, Jesus doesn't abandon us. He stays with us until things aren't so fuzzy, and even beyond.