Mark 10:46-52 (NRSV)
Read Mark 10:46-52 on biblegateway.com
Devotion
[If you haven't already done so, you may find it helpful to read yesterday's devotion before this one.]
So B.B. gives a shout-out to "Jesus the C" while that "holy" audience does their best to out-shout him. After all, why should their Passover celebration be spoiled by this bum and his impossible dream? Irony alert! Remember, this is a religious crowd—on their way to a religious festival—and they are "blind" to the power of the same God they will honor at that festival! They are in the right place listening to the right person saying the right things, but they are blind to the point of it all! Hear Helen Keller tell it like it is: "Better to be blind and see with your heart than to have two good eyes and see nothing." Bartimaeus saw with his hope-full heart, and Jesus healed him. Today, Jesus asks you the same question: "What do you want from me?"
Prayer
O Divine Master Healer, when your question comes to each of us, "What do you want from me?" may your very own Holy Spirit infuse our answer to receive the blessing of sight. Amen.