WHOLE PERSON HEALING

And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
Mar 8:22-25

This story illustrates whole man healing. At the first touch of Jesus the blind man's eyes were opened, but inwardly he had the same old vision. He saw people as TREES walking . . . as objects, meaningless. You can't shake hands with a tree. You can't build a marriage when people look like trees to you. You can't establish right relationships with people when you reduce them to things. With Christ's SECOND touch, the blind man was completely healed in his inner man AND in his eyes. Now he saw MEN clearly. He received whole man healing.

It is possible to feel better in your body and yet not feel better toward people, those you live with everyday. From time to time we all need the second touch of Jesus so that our relationships can be healed, for we are not living with trees (or things). We are living with PEOPLE. The second touch may also be many "second touches," on the general principle that God wants to do the whole job in us--and through us.