John 9:25 (NLT), "'I don't know whether he was a sinner,' the man replied. 'But I know this: I was blind and now I see!" Thursday... Our beliefs control us. It doesn't matter if they are true or not, our beliefs control us. John 9 starts in verse 1 (NLT) by saying, "As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth." Verses 6-7 says, "Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man's eyes. He told him, 'Go wash yourself in the Pool of Siloam' (Siloam means 'sent'). So the man went and washed and came back seeing." There must have been something about all that happened for the blind man to do what the man he didn't know told him to do. He showed his belief by doing what he told him to do. And he was rewarded for his belief. Now the blind man was taken to the Pharisees who were the religious leaders of the day. They had a belief that controlled them. ...
A positive reflection for a new day...