A mother tries to avoid these things - spit and dirt. And the combination - mud - has to be the bane of country living.
But Jesus. He can turn this kind of mess into health and new life. He sure did that with the blind man in John 9:1-17. He smeared the mud on the guy's eyes and after a clean up, a new world of sight was his.
The disciples just thought of this man (or his parents) as sinners, justly deserving a curse like blindness. But Jesus is motivated by compassion and is thinking of the opportunity: "so that the works of God might be displayed in him". Also emphasizing the truth that He is the light of the world, Jesus proceeded to creatively give light to the blind man. And this blind man who used to beg had a new life.
Lord, thank you that you use a mess to make new life. Do it in us!
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