dirt

Thursday April 3^rd, John 9:  6 Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes. 7 "Go," he told him, "wash in the Pool of Siloam" (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.  8 His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, "Isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?" 9 Some claimed that he was. Others said, "No, he only looks like him." But he himself insisted, "I am the man."  Mud and spit, was it magical, miracle or mercy?  The Pool of Siloam is in Jerusalem, in ancient times it was noted as a place of healing.  Jesus simply makes mud out of the earth and some spit, not a very appealing healing package, and applies it to the eyes and tells him to go wash in the pool.  If we think magical, then it was all Jesus and the spit.  If we think miracle, then the earth is available for us to bring forth cures for the world, healing for the ill, hope for the hungry.  If you think mercy, then it is God who created humanity from the humus recreating this one example of humanity as he was called to be. So for you and I the correct answer is a combination of #2 and #3.  God has given us all we need in this world to care for ourselves and to care for one another.  With the help of God and the creation of God, miraculous things can be done, and those broken, from whatever they are broken from, can be made whole once again, restored to the family of God and the family of man.  Just some spit and some dirt, imagine the possibilities and protect this precious planet God has given us for the miracles yet to be found.