Taking the blind man's hand, Jesus led him out of the village. After spitting on his eyes and laying his hands on the man, he asked him, 

"Do you see anything?" The man looked up and said, "I see people. They look like trees, only they are walking around."

Mark 8:23-24 CEB

Can you see Jesus taking this man by the hand and walking with him?

He's blind.

And his hand is being held by Jesus.

Jesus the person

Jesus the divine, the Eternal, the creator of it all.

Crazy picture

And then Jesus spits on his eyes and asks "do you see anything?"

And the man who was blind can see something, but it's not clear.

People like walking trees.

Unclear.

Something, but knowing there's more.

Seems to be a picture of where we are, Jesus is close, his hand is holding ours, we can see, but we know everything there's more, more clarity to come...

We stand like this not quite blind man in the now and the not yet, with our hand held by Jesus, but we can't see him clearly...we are in a Bigger Story that will one day become completely clear.

For now, we get to stand with our hand in Jesus hand...

#gospelofMark #GoodNews 

#invitation #weareinaBigStory