Your dirt removes my blindnessI like this line. It is clever. It references the story in the Gospel of Jesus giving the blind man sight by rubbing mud on his eyes, and the scales peeling away, but it is almost a hidden reference. It is understated; it doesn't seem very obvious.
What I like so much about the line, and about the accompanying Gospel story is how Jesus uses dirt, something so...dirty...to heal the blind man. Surely Jesus could have just said the words "be healed" and he would have been able to see. But instead, Jesus takes mud and rubs it on the blind man's face. Something so dirty. And suddenly, the blind man was able to see. Something so beautiful.
It is the constant tale of God doing something beautiful with something ugly. Despite my sin, God is absolutely convinced that I should be a saint. Despite my failings, He is convinced I should, and will, succeed. He is in the process of making a masterpiece out of a collection of leftover browns and blacks and grays. He is making something beautiful out of me.
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