When my youngest son was in high school, he had worn glasses for most of his life and as was the custom for many young people, he had let his hair grow quite long. When he decided to switch to contacts instead of glasses, he also arranged to cut his hair short so that when he went back to school the next Monday he looked like a different kid. In fact, he looked so different that nobody recognized him. For a whole day, he enjoyed being the “new kid” until his friends finally figured it out.
His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, ” Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” Some claimed that he was.
Others said, ” No, he only looks like him.”
But he himself insisted, ” I am the man.”
John 9: 8-9
The man in our story today didn’t look any different than he did before, but he did see differently. The ability to see made so much difference that people who had known him for years actually claimed that he was not the man that they had known. What an amazing metaphor for the change Jesus brings to our lives!
Q; Has being touched by Jesus changed you at all? Would people who knew you when still recognize you?
Yes, I was saved at young age – but even still I continue to grow and change as I follow after Him.