At
Christmastime in 1897, a newspaper reporter in Boston saw three little girls standing in front of a store window
full of toys. One of them was blind. He overheard the other two trying to
describe the toys to their blind friend. The reporter said he never thought of
how difficult it would be to explain what something looks like to someone who is
blind. He wrote a story about the three girls for his newspaper.
Two
weeks later, the reporter attended a gospel meeting conducted by Dwight
L. Moody. He wanted to write a
critical article attacking the evangelist. To the reporter’s surprise, Moody quoted from his
newspaper article about the three girls at the toy store window.
Moody
said, “Just as the blind girl couldn’t visualize the toys, so an unsaved person
can’t see Jesus Christ in His glory.” Moody preached that God opens the
eyes of anyone who acknowledges his sin and accepts Christ by faith. The
newsman was touched by Moody’s words and realized he was a blind man who needed
his eyes opened. That day he accepted Jesus as his Lord.
People who are in darkness cannot see. “The god of this
world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see
the light of the gospel” (2 Cor. 4:3-4). Jesus said, “I am the light
of the world; he
who follows Me will not walk in the darkness (John 8:12). Everyone is like that reporter and only Jesus can open our spiritual eyes.
Have your eyes been opened? If so, you’ll see God and live your life
differently. www.makinglifecount.net
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