Once I Was Blind, But Now I See

INTRO: This Christian devotional poem is inspired by the Bible story, in John chapter 9, of the blind man who was healed by Jesus. When the man returned from following Jesus’ instructions to wash, the people who saw him asked him in amazement about his healing. They took him to the Jewish temple to show him to the authorities, who kept questioning him about how and who healed him.

This poem focuses on our spiritual blindness before being spiritually healed by Jesus, and how our colleagues, friends and family recognize and question the change in our behaviour and our outlook on life. I wrote this poem while I was a Prison Chaplain and shared it in a prison chapel service as the message was centred on this Bible story. Beverley Joy

AUDIO – Once I Was Blind, But Now I See

Ah, I see the truth

Once blinded by lies

Its coloured hue

I now recognize.

The scars in His hands

Now I understand

He died for me

Forgiven I am free.

God’s peace has touched

My wounded eyes

And soothed my pain