AN old blind man was spending the waning years of his life in a poor house. He was very deaf, the usual means of communicating with him being through a cardboard roll which he handed to those who wished to speak to him. The old man looked very happy and I heard that he was a Christian, so taking up the tube and calling him by name I asked,
“Can you see yourself?”
“Yes, sir,” he answered.
“What can you see yourself as?”
“As a sinner, sir!”
“Can you see Jesus?”
“Yes, sir!”
“What can you see Him as
“As my Saviour, sir!”
He saw his need, and he saw how the Lord Jesus had met his need. He was a sinner. Christ was the Saviour of sinners. He had received Him to be his own Saviour. He knew the Saviour’s precious blood had cleansed him from his sins. He knew that He was now living on high and caring for him. He knew that soon he would be with Him and like Him forever. It was this that made him happy.
Can you see as much as the blind man could?
ML 10/29/1922