63 Fix Your Eyes

About this episode

The episode discusses how God often works through suffering rather than removing it, illustrated by the story of the blind man in Mark 8.

We spend a lot of time wanting God to simply remove the hard things. And honestly? I still feel that way sometimes. But throughout Scripture, we see that God often does something deeper in the middle of the suffering instead of immediately taking it away. We talk through the story of the blind man in Mark 8 who was healed in two stages and how that mirrors our own spiritual growth. Sometimes we’re only “seeing trees walking.” We can see something God is doing, but not clearly yet. Books mentioned in this episode: Soul Care by Dr. Rob Reimer Gospel of Mark

People in this episode

Host: Emily Downs

Topics covered

• spiritual growth
• suffering
• healing
• faith
• scripture

Keywords

• spiritual growth
• suffering
• healing
• Mark 8
• blind man
• Soul Care
• faith

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Soul Care, Gospel of Mark

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