A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                       NOT WORTHY OF ATTENTION C PART I

"I am a blind man... I live in Jericho.... Every day someone takes me to a specific spot at the roadside.... I spend the whole day there until someone fetches me to take me back home...The reason I sit there is so that I can earn some money by begging.... I would very much like to do something else.... But I cannot do anything else.... I used to dream about being able to see... But I gave up dreaming about it.... It is no use.... I am blind and I will always be blind..... At least some people are kind to me when they pass me on the road.... They give me a little bit of money out of pity for me..... Not everyone is kind though..... Some people shout at me.... But I cannot say anything back..... I don't understand why they would shout at me.... Don't they realise how fortunate they are?.... They can see which means they can go wherever they would like to go..... I cannot... I can only go where I am taken.... Today there is a lot of noise around me..... I wonder why that is.... Is there someone special coming to Jericho?... I should find out who that might be.... O, I have been told that Jesus of Nazareth is on His way to Jericho..... Jesus of Nazareth!!.... I have heard of Him... I have heard that He heals people and delivers people from demonic spirits.... Could it really be true that He is on His way to Jericho?".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Jesus is on His way to Jericho.

                      ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                            NOT WORTHY OF ATTENTION C PART I

Sometime later Jesus is once again on His way to a specific destination because there is someone He is supposed to meet as you can read in Luke 18:35

As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.

Jesus is on His way to Jericho. He is not going there because His disciples have told Him about the wonderful food you can eat there. No, He is going there because His heavenly Father has directed Him to go there to meet someone. Who is that someone going to be? Yes, the story mentions there is a blind man sitting by the roadside begging, but surely he is not the one chosen by God to receive the ministry of Jesus that day, or is he....? Let's read Luke 18:36-37 to find out more details

When he (the blind man) heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."

The blind man knows from the crowd that Jesus is on His way to Jericho but will it make a difference for him?