News Worth Sharing
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” — Maya Angelou
BREAKING THE ICE
How has a particular story influenced your life - perhaps a movie, a book or something that you witnessed personally.
REFLECTION
In John 9, Jesus encounters a man blind from birth. The disciples ask a theological question—“Who sinned?”—but Jesus redirects their gaze. This man’s condition isn’t about blame; it’s about revealing the works of God. With mud and mercy, Jesus heals him. And suddenly, the man who once sat in shadows walks in light.
What’s striking is not just the miracle, but the man’s response. He doesn’t have all the answers. He doesn’t know where Jesus went. But he knows what happened to him. “I am the man,” he says. “I went, I washed, and now I see.”
That’s the power of a healing story. It doesn’t require theological precision or perfect clarity. It just requires honesty. Courage. A willingness to say, “This is what God did for me.”
Each of us has a moment—maybe quiet, maybe dramatic—where light broke through. Where Jesus met us in the darkness and offered us a way to see more clearly. And like the man in John 9, our testimony can be simple but profound: “I was blind, and now I see.”
So, how will you tell your story? Not just the polished version, but the real one. The one that says, “I didn’t know everything, but I knew I was changed.” Because someone out there is still sitting by the roadside, waiting to hear that healing is possible.
WRESTLING WITH THE WORD
Read John 9:1-12 (The Voice)
- How does Jesus respond to the disciples’ attitude towards the blind man?
- Why do the Pharisees have such a hard time with the man being healed?
- The man’s parents are fearful of the Pharisees; how do we allow others to influence us today?
NEXT STEPS
- How can we be blind to what God is doing for us?
- Have we ever challenged the good that God is doing for someone else? Why?
- The man’s testimony to Jesus’ actions is powerful. Each of us has a faith/transformation story to share. How will your story be told in a way that others can come to know God and live a transformed life here and now?
CLOSING PRAYER
Dear Jesus, we thank you for the days filled with sunshine and calm. We also thank you that in the days filled with struggles and darkness that we can trust that you are with us. Help us to share words and actions that bring grace and peace into our world. Amen.