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Song: Jesus Loves Me

Scripture: John 9:1-5

In the fall of the year before He died, Jesus and His disciples came upon a blind beggar in Jerusalem which moved the disciples to ask, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” (John 9:1). They presumed that physical tragedy was always a result of divine judgment on sin. Jesus’ answer, “Neither this man or his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him” (John 9:2) opened up a much broader perspective on suffering. This man’s suffering had a purpose. The disciples had seen it only as a consequence.

Unless there is some direct link to our sin it is very difficult to know the exact origins of our adversity. And that is just as well. For far more important than knowing why we are suffering, is our response to it.

Jason Cicero