The miracles of Jesus - Classical Christian Literature by Athleo.net

268 THE HEALING OF
I.
"Watermarks" in
the narrative.
I. // throws many subtle and suggestive sidelights
on the Saviour's personality.
His goodness and unselfishness were constantly
shown in His thought and care for others when on His
way to the last Passover and the great sorrow of His
life. Though He knew all that was to befall Him, He
never lost His interest in the men and women around
Him through selfish absorption in His own trouble.
How sorrow blinds most of us to the needs and
miseries of others ! Many people who have any pain
or affliction to bear demand the whole attention of
return, and some
those around them and give none in
will not readily talk about anything else than their
trouble. But He left us an example in this too—that
it is possible to face the most dire calamities, nay, even
to prepare ourselves for them, by being accessible to the
call of others' need, and busying ourselves in helping
them.
From the moment when the Cross loomed up
before Jesus, to the moment when He breathed His
last upon the "accursed tree," you will find no hint of
failing interest on His part in the men and women
around Him.
Rather does His interest take a wider
sweep, His love a warmer colour, His pity a tenderer
quality. The first effect of that vision of the Cross
was to quicken His steps " in going about," and to
make His hands busier in "doing good " (Acts x. $S).
Knowing how brief a time remained for Him, He