The season of lights...
By eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
Philippines
December 5, 2019 7:51pm CST
There are two things that concern me as a person whose blood is saccharine sweet: the strength of my appendages because I love to walk, and the clarity of my vision because I don't ever want to be blind.
Such was the sorrow of two blind men who stalked our Lord Jesus in the Gospel today. They yelled, "Son of David, have pity on us."
I would have yelled, too, if I was blind. And I would have stalked our Lord, too, to regain my vision.
As the story had it, our Lord did restore their sight, all because they believed in Him.
That episode does not just tell us of the healing our faith brings, but more so, that our Lord is the Light that makes us see.
It's twenty days before Christmas. The Lanterns have lit bright the thoroughfares. My neighbors have decorated their front gardens and gates with hundreds of tiny, sparkling lights. Christmas trees everywhere glow blue and gold, red and green, honey-amber and silver.
It's the season of lights. All because our Lord Jesus is our Light.
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@rsa101 (40987)
• Philippines
6 Dec 19
@eileenleyva Oh I see that song is always sang at Bo Sanchez's "The Feast". We used to attend it before .
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
6 Dec 19
@rsa101 Really? I like Bo but I have not attended any feast.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
6 Dec 19
Nostalgia seeps in when Christmas is just around the corner. I do miss the loved ones who have moved on to the next dimension. I do get mushy.
I sing this.
Este video faz parte do DVD 20 anos de celebração do MICHAEL W. SMITH.
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@Deepizzaguy (122232)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Dec 19
Thank you for sharing this story of Jesus Christ and the sources of how He healed the sick due to the victims having faith in Him that He would heal them.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
6 Dec 19
My daughter is a doctor. Once, she told me, that healing begins with the faith.
Yes, our afflictions can be healed by our faith in our Lord Jesus, the Great Healer.
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@Deepizzaguy (122232)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Dec 19
@eileenleyva I do remember many ministers saying that it is the belief that Jesus can heal our wounds.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
6 Dec 19
@Deepizzaguy There are many verses in the Old and New Testaments about Healing. The priests quote these verses every time they minister to the sick, or in confession. Two types of condition that needs healing - 1. the physical, and 2. when we are in state of sin.
God heals. He is a merciful God.
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@RasmaSandra (98026)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Dec 19
Amen to that and I agree with you. I always let the Lord guide me,
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
6 Dec 19
Our Lord be our Light, be our Guide.
Here's a song I hum.
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@LindaOHio (222545)
• United States
6 Dec 19
Thank you for sharing this story. Very apropos for the holiday season.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
6 Dec 19
Hoping everyone realizes that Christmas lights are meant for us to remember the Birth of our Lord, the Light of the World.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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8 Dec 19
Yes, often lost with all the presents and Santa Claus is the true meaning of Christmas. The birth of our lord Jesus.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
9 Dec 19
Exactly. The party trivia include naming Santa's reindeer, and nobody asks to enumerate the three kings/magi.
Yes, meaning of Christmas is lost in the festivities. Wish we could bring it back.
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