Kudos to them

What kind of blindness do you have? Jesus is the True Healer that removes all infirmities.

27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”

“Yes, Lord,” they replied.

29 Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; 30 and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one knows about this.” 31 But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.-matthew9:27-31

I was struck by the two blind men. Despite being "blind," they were able to follow Jesus and were still able to approach Him when He had gone indoors. Could it be that there were people who helped them? But if we take the Biblical account literally, it seems that the blind men knew where they were supposed to go. Could it be that they have a different kind of blindness? Perhaps a 'blindness' that eats the soul?

Notice that Jesus asked them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" in reference to the healing they were asking for. But why did Jesus ask them? If it is simple healing, why is it that Jesus had to ask them if they believed He can do it? Could it be that they were asking for a 'healing' beyond physical blindness?

As I reflected, one word came to me - Brokenhearted. There were many people who experienced being brokenhearted - from losing a loved one, separation, failure, rejection, bankruptcy and so on. Some rise above it. While others drown on it to such an extent that they commit suicide or lost the will to live. I remember the movie 'Dark Knight Rises.' It took Bruce Wayne eight (8) years to move on. But hanging the batsuit doesn't mean giving up the will to live.

Kudos to the blind men who believed that Jesus can heal their infirmities! If they were blind within - assuming they were brokenhearted and lost the will to live (remember, if a person loses the will to live, no doctor can heal such a case since from the start the patient is not fighting) - kudos to them for being brave enough to ask Jesus to heal their infirmity and believing the He alone can heal them. Kudos to them for believing that with Jesus, all pain and infirmity can go away even with His words alone.

Image courtesy: El Greco (Jesus heals the man born blind), Dark Knight Rises, artist