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Blind Side<\/span><\/h1>\n

I’m sharing a touching video (see below) about a little girl who sees for the first time. It reminded me of the Gospel passage of Jesus healing a blind man (John 9) which I studied recently. If you don’t want to hear heavy stuff move on the joke section<\/strong>. I just have to get this off my chest.<\/p>\n

We’ve all experienced a desire for things seemingly unattainable: a brand new home, a car, hi-tech toys, the latest fashion assortment, etc. … and they need not just be material things. They could be relationships: a loving family, a Prince Charming, a best friend, etc. For the blind man, it was a humble request to function just like everybody else.<\/p>\n

Imagine what it was like to wake up everyday in darkness. To not even know how your food looks. To not be able to run free. To rely on sound and smell, taste and touch because those were your only tools.<\/p>\n

Then one day, a stranger opens your eyes and you see light for the first time. You see your hands — “so that’s what they look like.” You see art and writing on flat paper. You see colors — “so that’s red blood, green grass and brown dirt. (“I can’t believe nobody told me my blue shoes don’t match my green robe — just kidding!<\/em>“)<\/p>\n

But before you have time to discover more things, you see angry, disbelieving faces, talking loudly at you because somehow you are finally like everybody else. Who invited you to their club? They ask you questions but you have no answer. They insist you fit into their limited realities and dismiss the preponderous possibility of a miracle. You suggest an answer they refuse to consider.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou were born completely in sin! How is it that you dare to teach us?\u201d Then they expelled him.
\n<\/span>— John 9: 34<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Many of us, even those in high scholarly places, carry wrong (deeply ingrained) assumptions that lead to the inability to realize we could be wrong thus depriving us of ever finding the truth.<\/p>\n

Jesus said, “I have come into the world to exercise judgment so that those who don\u2019t see can see and those who see will become blind<\/strong>.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Some Pharisees who were with him heard what he said and asked, “Surely we aren\u2019t blind, are we?<\/strong>“<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you wouldn\u2019t have any sin, but now that you say, \u2018We see,\u2019 your sin remains<\/strong>.”
\n— John 9: 39-41<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Did you get that? Jesus challenged them to dig into their assumptions and if they insist that they didn’t need to be taught, then yeah — “they’re blind indeed!<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Let’s ask ourselves: Are we blind to our assumptions? Do we refuse to listen because ideas do not fit our reality? Are we noisy parrots that have little original thought? Are we blind?<\/p>\n

Since birth, the blind man was in the minority of a population that could see the physical world. After he gained his sight, he experienced an unexpected paradigm shift because he was again in the minority in a world that was spiritually blind.<\/p>\n

TGIF people!<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Southern Talk<\/span><\/h1>\n

Contributed by Naomi of N Hollywood, CA<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

North Carolina<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nA man in North Carolina had a flat tire, pulled off on the side of the road,
\nand proceeded to put a bouquet of flowers in front of the car and one behind it.Then he got back in the car to wait.<\/p>\n

A passerby studied the scene as he drove by, and was so curious he turned around and went back. He asked the fellow what the problem was.<\/p>\n

\"North<\/p>\n

The man replied, “I got a flat tahr<\/strong>.”
\nThe passerby asked, “But what\u2019s with the flowers<\/span><\/strong>?”
\nThe man responded, “When you break down they tell you to put flares<\/span> in the front and flares<\/span> in the back. I never did understand it neither<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

Tennessee<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nA Tennessee State trooper pulled over a pickup on I-65.
\nThe trooper asked, “Got any ID<\/span>?<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\"Tennessee<\/p>\n

The driver replied, “Bout whut?<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

Texas<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Sheriff pulled up next to the guy unloading garbage out of his pick-up
\ninto the ditch. The Sheriff asked, “Why are you dumping garbage in the ditch? Don\u2019t you see that sign right over your head<\/strong>?”<\/p>\n

“Yep<\/strong>,” he replied. “That\u2019s why I\u2019m dumpin\u2019 it here, \u2018cause it says<\/strong>:
\n\u2018Fine For Dumping Garbage<\/strong>.\u2019”<\/p>\n

\"Texas<\/p>\n

Y\u2019all kin say whut y\u2019all want \u2018about the South, but y\u2019all never heard o\u2019 nobody retirin\u2019 an\u2019 movin\u2019 North.\u00a0 Have ya?<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Now<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

TGIF Videos<\/h1>\n

\"funny<\/p>\n

Girlfriend Massage vs. Wife Massage<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nSent by Raffy of Manila<\/em><\/p>\n

You can already guess which is the preferred massage.<\/p>\n

Watch Video <\/a><\/span>\n

<\/div>\n

\"Tearjerker<\/p>\n

Baby Sees For the First Time<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nSent by Leo of Taipei, Taiwan<\/em><\/p>\n

There are shorter videos that lead up to that amazing moment but the buildup is just as good. It’s a modern man-made-miracle.<\/p>\n

Watch Video <\/a><\/span>\n

<\/div>\n

Parting Shot<\/i><\/span><\/h2>\n

Thanks to Mel of Washington, D.C. who shared this photo<\/i><\/p>\n

More exciting than Curling<\/h4>\n

\"Iron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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