March 19, 2023

John 9: 1 - 41

In this gospel, Jesus tragically met a man who was blind. That time, any handicap was considered
as a punishment from God because of some sinful behavior. Some people even believe that you have
gotten handicapped because of your parents’ sin. Jesus debunked all of these ideas.
Jesus is glad to restore the man’s sight, but He also wants to open the eyes of those who think they see
clearly but they don’t.
As they say “Masarap ang Bawal”. Sometimes, we tend to think that we can see clearly since
we’re enjoying doing things especially bad things that make us happy, however, we are only blinded by
how fun this thing gets. There came a time in my life where I was blinded with money. The moment I
wake up, I only think about what can I do in order to get money. I also think about the things that I’d
really get once I get that huge amount of money.
Growing up, I didn’t had problems when it comes to financial aspect. However, there was a time
when I got addicted to shopping. It was during pandemic when online shopping became renowned.
Zalora, Shoppee, Lazada and Shein were some of the shopping sites I got addicted with, I didn’t had
money since I had no allowance back them because we were not allowed to conduct face to face classes. I
hate to admit this but what I usually do is I get my parents’ money without getting their permission.
Ashamed by it, I know it was considered stealing, however, I was blinded by the fact that I was enjoying
what I was doing. Sometimes, I wouldn’t use the money that is indicated for our weekly grocery to buy
foods, instead, I buy clothes with it. It also came to a point where I was scolded by my parents because of
money, since I couldn’t budget or handle it properly. I buy expensive yet unnecessary stuffs. I wanted to
control myself but I can’t since I feel like shopping brings me so much happiness. Sure, it does. But it was
a temporary happiness only. Ashamed to admit, I was also blinded with love. I have done some shameful
things in the past because of love that I badly want to forget every single detail about it.
There are certain things in life that we are blinded at. Some people are blinded by fame and
power that they tend to do evil things because of it. Some people get blinded by anger that killing one
another, for them, is the best resource. When in fact, that shouldn’t be the case. I realized that God should
be our first and not out last resource. Every time we feel like we have lost our chances and resources, we
run to God, which should not be the case. We should pray that he’d open our eyes and make us see our
shortcomings, failures and mistakes. Pray that he’ll always guide us to see things more clearly.