OCTOBER 23, 2024
LORD, I WANT TO SEE!
Dear Snyder's Church Family and Friends,
This coming Sunday morning we continue to be he people of the Pentecost. Our Scripture is St. Mark 10: 46 - 52 and our theme is "Revision!" and Pastor Jeff is preaching. Our Hymns include "Sweet Sweet Spirit"; "There's Something About That Name"; "Since Jesus Came Into My Heart" along with other Praise music selected for the service. The Choir will help with the Praise Songs and share a special Anthem for us. Jeff will continue the Children's Moment that our Adults are encouraged to listen to as well.
You may recall Helen Keller, so brave and inspiring to us in her deafness and blindness, once wrote a magazine article entitled: "Three Days To See." In that article she outlined what things she would like to see if she were granted three days of sight. It was a powerful, and thought provoking article. On the first day she said she wanted to see her friends. Day two she would spend seeing nature. The third day she would spend in her home city of New York watching the busy city and the workday of the present. She concluded with these words "I who am blind can give one hint to those who see: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you were stricken blind."
As bad as blindness is in the 21st century, however, it was so much worse in Jesus' day. Today a blind person at least has the hope of living a useful life with proper training. Some of the most skilled and creative people in our society are blind. But in first century Palestine blindness meant that you were subjected to abject poverty. You would be reduced to begging for a living. You lived at the mercy and generosity of others. Unless your particular kind of blindness was self-correcting, there was no hope whatsoever for a cure. The skills that were necessary were still centuries beyond the medical knowledge of the day.
Little wonder then that one of the signs of the coming of the Messiah was that the blind should receive their sight!
Know that at Snyder's Church we are here to help you receive all of the spiritual sight you need to journey each day for Jesus. We love you and invite you to join us in this journey. May you truly be blessed today and may you also truly be a blessing to others. Here's hoping we can greet you in church this Sunday morning. God bless. Pastor Bill |