Eww!

It’s always fun sharing this account, of Jesus’ healing the blind man, with small children.  Once you get to the part where Jesus made some mud with saliva, they immediately recoil, scrunch their faces and exclaim, “Ewwww!”  And, I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that some of you may be thinking the same thing.  So, why did Jesus spit onto the dust, make mud and rub it the man’s eyes?

Episode Art:  Francesco de Mura, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons