Leaving behind what we are to become what we want to be...
“What do you want me to do for you”, Jesus asked him. The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see”. A blind man and a beggar sitting at the roadside from one of the Jericho’s roads, a blind man and a beggar who it is a “nameless”, an outcast, and an invisible with no physical sight was placed at the margins. From the margins he could be expected the unexpected, Jesus acknowledging his existence. The beggar and blind man was sitting there, on the side road of one of the most affluent cities of the Roman Empire at that time, Jericho. He heard about Jesus. According to the Markan story, once this man heard about Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me”. This man was shouting as loud as he could, he urged everybody to hear him. Breaking the silence helped the blind man to be transformed, and healed. Jesus walked with his disciples and a multitude. Jesus’ action of walking is broken by the blind man’s “cry out for help”. A “nameless” with...