Still In the Dark pt. 4

When my brother and I finally made it to our home, it became apparent to me that he was not familiar with our home, because it was not the one he had visited in times past. I considered it a privilege to walk my brother around and show him how to maneuver his way throughout the house.  It required me to walk him around the kitchen, telling him where the refrigerator was, and allowing him to feel it. I would also let him walk along the wall to feel the entryways to different rooms.

We made our way through the kitchen, living room, downstairs to the basement, and even upstairs to the room that was now his. We repeated these steps numerous times, until we both felt like he was ready. Then the day I will never forget.

After walking downstairs, I remembered hearing my brother’s voice saying, “who is that” over and over again. Once I made it downstairs, I was surprised to see that my brother had lost his way, and his sense of direction. While he desired to go downstairs to the basement, he was lost in the middle of my living room, and reaching “blindly” for anything he could find.  

As I consider it now, tears still fill my eyes, because I hated the sight of seeing someone I LOVED SO MUCH, BLIND!

John 1:5 says, “darkness has not understood the light,” and when it’s dark, we can’t either.

No matter how much we think we know, God will puts us in foreign places, to see if we will rely upon his instructions, or will you rely upon on own instructions instead.

My message to the blind:

-carefully consider God’s instructions for your life.

-when unsure of the direction you are suppose to go STAY PUT.

-going through life with no direction, will lead to you bumping into something or maybe falling.

My message to those who lead the blind:

-growing comfortable with your loved ones living in the dark, is unacceptable

-repetitive instructions are the eyes for the blind.

-be watchful of ways of those you instruct, so they don’t hurt themselves.

-don't expect someone to know your voice when they are in a state of confusion.

-HAVE AN APPRECIATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE BLIND, BECAUSE YOU WERE ONCE BLIND.

-BE THANKFUL for those who give you instructions and directions.

Be Blessed! 

Still In the Dark pt. 3

After James was blind, I invited him out to live with our family. When I saw him I could not believe he was blind. He look liked the same brother I knew with shades on. Then I noticed something. As soon as he came off the plane, I could see James being led by an airline attendant, who would soon lead my brother to me. He held on to her elbow, and he followed her lead.

Life reminds me of this moment. When we are blind, no matter how much it looks like we know where were are going, or it looks as if we know what we are doing; when we are blind without anyone to lead, WE’RE LOST! 

John 1:5 again says, “darkness has not understood the light.” When it gets dark, blindness is coming. Never allow the light of understanding who your Savior is grow so dim, that you find yourself being your only guide in your dark world.

We don’t see it all, we can’t see it all, so lets relieve ourselves of acting like we know it all. When we think like that, its not that its dark, we are blind.

Find your guide, hold on tight, and let them lead you.

Still In the Dark pt. 2

I have an older brother, who is four years older than I am, and if you’ve seen my profile picture on face book, then you’ve seen my brother James. James lost his sight, and could not see. He was completely blind, and his expressed to me, his frustrations about becoming blind.  When the incident occurred that caused his blindness, he said, ”everything went dark.”

I remember to this day the statement to follow, “Darryl one of the worst things in life is to have had the ability to see, and then lose it.” This resonates in so many ways to life.

John 1:5 says the darkness has not understood the light. The goal of darkness is not to understand the light, the goal of darkness to become so dark that people are blind. When it grows so dark, that you cannot see where you are going, look for light. If life begins to lose its color, and you feel yourself gradually losing your sight, find the light. When you find yourself being led by someone who is blind (the blind leading the blind), call on the one True light!

Like my big brother said, “one of the worst things to happen in life, is to have had the ability to see, only to lose it.”