Blind

Day 6

Funny how my sister sent me a quote that fit nicely with the Scripture passage I was thinking on today:

“There is as we are aware, a philosophy that denies the infinite.There is also a philosophy, classified as pathologic, that denies the sun. This philosophy is called blindness.” – Victor Hugo

2 Corinthians 4:3-4 “And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”

I struggle very much with that. When something is so clear and so beautiful to me, I struggle with the fact that it is so repulsive and foolish to those I share it with. Lately, I’ve seen no “fruit” when witnessing. It’s been all stone walls and static.  Not that I’m surprised – as my pastor told me once, “Blind people don’t see very well, Katie.”

And not that the lack of encouraging responses from those who hear the Good News should in any way discourage me. My job is not to save people, to change their minds. My job is not to witness solely so that I can see the fruit. My job is to be a faithful ambassador, proclaiming the gospel of grace, leaving the convicting, the drawing, and the saving to the One who has opened the once-blind eyes of this particular sinner.