In Matthew 20, there is an interesting story of two blind men who call out for Jesus to heal them. The crowd was actually angry at them because they were a distraction from the teachings of Jesus. It is pretty crazy concept. The crowds were listening to the words of the Prince of Peace, the face of love, and they were angry because two blind men were asking to be healed.
Instead of rebuking the blind men like the crowds, Jesus has compassion on them and heals them. He was not concerned that they interrupted his preaching and teaching. Though his ideas and teachings were of great importance, he did not let them get in the way of his loving actual human beings in front of him. He put the personal and tangible ahead of the theoretical. He wanted to put actual love for humanity ahead of the philosophy and ideology he was teaching. What a lesson for us today. We can go out to change the world, but unless we are showing true love to those around us-it is pointless.
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