A Song To Reflect On The Man Born Blind

As Jesus passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth.  And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?”  Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him.  We must carry out the works of Him who sent me as long as it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.  While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6 When he had said this, he spit on the ground, and made mud from the saliva, and applied the mud to his eyes,  and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he left and washed, and came back seeing.  So the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, “Is this not the one who used to sit and beg?”  Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” The man himself kept saying, “I am the one.”  So they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?”  He answered, “The man who is called Jesus made mud, and spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash’; so I went away and washed, and I received sight.”  And they said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”-(John 9:1-12)

[I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash]

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone

I can see all the obstacles in my way

Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind

It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-shiny day

It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-shiny day

I think I can make it now, the pain is gone

All of the bad feelings have disappeared

Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for

It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-shiny day

Look all around, there's nothin' but blue skies

Look straight ahead, nothin' but blue skies

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone

I can see all obstacles in my way

Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind

It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-shiny day

It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-shiny day

It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-shiny day

It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-shiny day