Yes, and I am willing to look even more foolish than this, even to be humiliated in my own eyes!
2 Samuel 6:22
Abba help me to become more undignified.
What is undignified and foolish to this world is beauty to You. What is ugly and rejected here is pretty and treasured in Heaven.
Physical beauty isn't something that is earned or accomplished it is given to a person genetically.
Character isn't something that is given to a person genetically it is earned or accomplished.
The culture I live in seems to place all of it's stock in visual aesthetics.
The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.
1 Samuel 16:7
Maybe it isn't limited to my culture. "People judge by outward appearance". Why Jesus? Why do we treat attractive people better than unattractive? They did nothing to be attractive it is simply the body they were given. These bodies will someday fail. Beauty in this world fades.
Nice looking cars
Nice looking houses
Nice looking clothes
Nice looking body
Nice looking face
Nice looking phone
Nice looking everything...why? Nothing on this earth lasts.
The more I think about physical beauty and visually aesthetic things of this world the more disgusting they become. John the Baptizer wore camel hair. David danced and worshiped You until his wife thought he looked disgustingly foolish.
Maybe being blind isn't such a bad thing. Maybe gouging out my eyes is better than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.'
I believe the blind can see more than those with sight.
Then the Pharisees again questioned the man who had been blind and demanded, “What’s your opinion about this man who healed you?”
The man replied, “I think he must be a prophet.”
The Jewish leaders still refused to believe the man had been blind and could now see, so they called in his parents. They asked them, “Is this your son? Was he born blind? If so, how can he now see?”
His parents replied, “We know this is our son and that he was born blind, but we don’t know how he can see or who healed him. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.” His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who had announced that anyone saying Jesus was the Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue. That’s why they said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
So for the second time they called in the man who had been blind and told him, “God should get the glory for this, because we know this man Jesus is a sinner.”
“I don’t know whether he is a sinner,” the man replied. “But I know this: I was blind, and now I can see!”
“But what did he do?” they asked. “How did he heal you?”
“Look!” the man exclaimed. “I told you once. Didn’t you listen? Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?”
Then they cursed him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses! We know God spoke to Moses, but we don’t even know where this man comes from.”
“Why, that’s very strange!” the man replied. “He healed my eyes, and yet you don’t know where he comes from? We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will. Ever since the world began, no one has been able to open the eyes of someone born blind. If this man were not from God, he couldn’t have done it.”
“You were born a total sinner!” they answered. “Are you trying to teach us?” And they threw him out of the synagogue.
When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
The man answered, “Who is he, sir? I want to believe in him.”
“You have seen him,” Jesus said, “and he is speaking to you!”
“Yes, Lord, I believe!” the man said. And he worshiped Jesus.
Then Jesus told him, “I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.”
Some Pharisees who were standing nearby heard him and asked, “Are you saying we’re blind?”
“If you were blind, you wouldn’t be guilty,” Jesus replied. “But you remain guilty because you claim you can see.
-John 9
The Pharisees who claim they can see are actually blind. And the parents of the man born blind were controlled by fear. But the man who was born blind could see more than both of them. He didn't care if he looked foolish, he didn't care if he would be kicked out of the church. The man simply wanted Jesus at all costs.
How glorious is Your Kingdom God that You would have a blind man yell Look! to a group of men with sight.
Those who are blind You give sight. Those who think they have sight You say are blind.
Give me Your eyes Abba! I am a blind man. I look at outward appearance. I fear the opinions of people more than Your opinion. Save me Jesus, change me. Give me sight! Jesus I love who You are, I want to worship You always.
Innocent - Luminate
2 Samuel 6:22
Abba help me to become more undignified.
What is undignified and foolish to this world is beauty to You. What is ugly and rejected here is pretty and treasured in Heaven.
Physical beauty isn't something that is earned or accomplished it is given to a person genetically.
Character isn't something that is given to a person genetically it is earned or accomplished.
The culture I live in seems to place all of it's stock in visual aesthetics.
The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.
1 Samuel 16:7
Maybe it isn't limited to my culture. "People judge by outward appearance". Why Jesus? Why do we treat attractive people better than unattractive? They did nothing to be attractive it is simply the body they were given. These bodies will someday fail. Beauty in this world fades.
Nice looking cars
Nice looking houses
Nice looking clothes
Nice looking body
Nice looking face
Nice looking phone
Nice looking everything...why? Nothing on this earth lasts.
The more I think about physical beauty and visually aesthetic things of this world the more disgusting they become. John the Baptizer wore camel hair. David danced and worshiped You until his wife thought he looked disgustingly foolish.
Maybe being blind isn't such a bad thing. Maybe gouging out my eyes is better than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.'
I believe the blind can see more than those with sight.
Then the Pharisees again questioned the man who had been blind and demanded, “What’s your opinion about this man who healed you?”
The man replied, “I think he must be a prophet.”
The Jewish leaders still refused to believe the man had been blind and could now see, so they called in his parents. They asked them, “Is this your son? Was he born blind? If so, how can he now see?”
His parents replied, “We know this is our son and that he was born blind, but we don’t know how he can see or who healed him. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.” His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who had announced that anyone saying Jesus was the Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue. That’s why they said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
So for the second time they called in the man who had been blind and told him, “God should get the glory for this, because we know this man Jesus is a sinner.”
“I don’t know whether he is a sinner,” the man replied. “But I know this: I was blind, and now I can see!”
“But what did he do?” they asked. “How did he heal you?”
“Look!” the man exclaimed. “I told you once. Didn’t you listen? Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?”
Then they cursed him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses! We know God spoke to Moses, but we don’t even know where this man comes from.”
“Why, that’s very strange!” the man replied. “He healed my eyes, and yet you don’t know where he comes from? We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will. Ever since the world began, no one has been able to open the eyes of someone born blind. If this man were not from God, he couldn’t have done it.”
“You were born a total sinner!” they answered. “Are you trying to teach us?” And they threw him out of the synagogue.
When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
The man answered, “Who is he, sir? I want to believe in him.”
“You have seen him,” Jesus said, “and he is speaking to you!”
“Yes, Lord, I believe!” the man said. And he worshiped Jesus.
Then Jesus told him, “I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.”
Some Pharisees who were standing nearby heard him and asked, “Are you saying we’re blind?”
“If you were blind, you wouldn’t be guilty,” Jesus replied. “But you remain guilty because you claim you can see.
-John 9
The Pharisees who claim they can see are actually blind. And the parents of the man born blind were controlled by fear. But the man who was born blind could see more than both of them. He didn't care if he looked foolish, he didn't care if he would be kicked out of the church. The man simply wanted Jesus at all costs.
How glorious is Your Kingdom God that You would have a blind man yell Look! to a group of men with sight.
Those who are blind You give sight. Those who think they have sight You say are blind.
Give me Your eyes Abba! I am a blind man. I look at outward appearance. I fear the opinions of people more than Your opinion. Save me Jesus, change me. Give me sight! Jesus I love who You are, I want to worship You always.
Innocent - Luminate