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

BLIND BARTIBOEUS 369
He described them as having had the eyes of their
understanding enlightened, and then he went on to
say : " All things are yours, whether things present
or things to come, all are yours." God belonged to
them, because they saw His presence everywhere ;
Jesus belonged to them, because they saw His beauty
and saving power ;
all their fellow-men belonged to
them, because they saw their fellow-men with other
larger eyes. And their lives were full to overflowing,
and radiant with hope and joy "
: As having nothing,
yet possessing all things."
That is the best prayer we can offer— " Lord, that
I might receive my sight." We all need it. For the
wisest and sharpest of us only see a few things
through a glass darkly. We are like that man in
another miracle, whose eyes Christ had only half
opened, and who saw men as trees walking. We
need this prayer, and it is a prayer which gets
answered, if we offer it frequently. I do not suppose
that prayer will bring us the gift of genius. It will
not enable us to see all that the poet sees or the
artist. No ! but it will enlarge and clear our vision
in a hundred other ways. It will help you to see
more of God in everything, and to see all the good
and noble tilings about you. It will give you an
appreciation of all the mercies which surround your
path. It will save you from looking always at the
dark side of things. It will give you a truer understanding
of the meaning of life, and show you what
grand possibilities there are in it.
It will give you a
true vision of yourselves, and make the Bible another
book, and Jesus a new creation, and everything else
new. Do not ask for fortune, prosperity, success.
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