Blind, But Not Spiritually

By Jim Tilson

It all began with a blind man from Delaware. His name is Blake. “I met Marda in 2011 through an Online service used to share braille materials. We began communicating through email after I sent her some braille books. I have been passing on “Our Daily Bread” to Marda for the past several years.” When Blake started the SLM Bible study lessons in the spring of 2020, he asked permission to send those lessons to Marda once he had finished. At age 67, and living in Texas, Marda had spent a lifetime in and out of many churches and religions—Pentecostal, Baptist, Catholic, Mormon, Universalist, etc. All this time, she was searching for the truth. Yes, she was physically blind, but more importantly, she was spiritually blind also. As she studied the first book of My New Life in Christ, she came to the realization that the truth was not found in a church or religion, but in Jesus Christ. When asked at the end of lesson two if she had ever received the Lord Jesus as her Savior, she answered “Yes, on July 8, 2020.” Her spiritual blindness had been lifted!

The story doesn’t end there. A few days later, in a phone conversation with her sighted sister, Marda shared her testimony of how Jesus Christ had forgiven her of her sin. This began Dee Dee’s search for the truth. Dee Dee went to a local church on a Sunday, and with their help accepted Christ as her Savior. Siblings, one blind and one sighted, were for over 60 years spiritually blind, but now both can spiritually see!

SLM provided the lessons; Blake took an interest in his long-distance friend; the Holy Spirit did the work in Marda’s heart; Marda shared her testimony so her sister could experience salvation also. To God be the glory!