As we begin to prepare for the 1st of the fall Holydays this coming week… Trumpets, I believe it would be good for us to examine a unique miracle performed by Jesus Christ. The miracle involves the actions and comments of Jesus with a blind man. The miracle is unique because Christ does some unusual things that He does not do in a typical healing. I believe this episode in the gospel of Mark is a metaphor about our calling and the Kingdom of God. Jesus healed many blind people during His earthly ministry, and four of them are specifically recorded in detail in the gospels. But, Mark alone records Christ’s miracle of healing this blind man from Bethsaida (Mark 8:22-26). His blindness is a physical portrayal of the spiritual and moral blindness of humanity. This man sees the world in shadows and limitations because of his blindness. He needs to be healed to achieve his God-given potential just like our world today.

Greg Thomas

United Church of God Pastor

Greg Thomas is the part-time Pastor of the Cleveland, Ohio congregation. Ordained in 1981, he has served in the ministry for 43-years and assumed the role of Pastor in January 2011. As a certified leadership consultant, Greg is the founder and president of weLEAD, Inc. Chartered in 2001, weLEAD is a 501(3)(c) non-profit organization and a major respected resource for free leadership development information reaching a worldwide audience. Greg also founded Leadership Excellence, Ltd in 2009 offering leadership training and coaching.