Quietly Blind, or Bold Like Bartimaeus

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Ernest Disney-Britton
"The Miracle of Christ Healing the Blind" by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art
They couldn't stop Bartimaeus from shouting, because the blind man saw a chance for his miracle. Sunday's sermon was artful and colorful; loud and impactful; and made the point that if you want that transformational change that's waiting, then boldy step forward. Bartimeaus was blind. I am 30-lbs over weight (205-lbs). Bartimaeus tossed-off the cloak of the familiar that weighed him down, and he walked toward what he wanted most. Because of Sunday's sermon, I too am tossing aside my cloak; and in 15 weeks (Dec. 1), I too will see a new me --- just like Bartimaeus.
"Jesus healing blind Bartimaeus" (1861) by Johann Heinrich Stöver