**Episode 398: God With Skin On – Jesus and the Restoration of Sight**

In Episode 398, Tim and Sara continue the conversation from Episode 397 by returning to the center of our faith: the incarnation. Christianity does not begin with ideas about God. It begins with God choosing to become human. God puts "skin on" and comes close, not as an abstract concept, but as presence. Vulnerable. Woundable. Near.

This episode explores how the incarnation restores our sight. If we want to learn how to see one another again, we look at how God chose to see us, not from a distance or above, but from within human life. Jesus meets people in real places, with real stories, and he does it with attention and humility. He asks questions, slows things down, and honors dignity in a world that keeps pushing for speed and efficiency.

Tim and Sara reflect on the story of Bartimaeus (Mark 10), where Jesus stops, turns toward the one the crowd tries to silence, and asks, "What do you want me to do for you?" Before healing, Jesus restores dignity. The episode invites us to notice God's priorities: presence before outcomes, people before efficiency, relationship before order.

As you listen, you'll be challenged to consider what it means to live the incarnation daily. To see each day as a mission trip. To resist reducing people to what they need, what they do, or how they are perceived. Faithful discipleship is not about having all the answers. It is about being present in the way Jesus is present, becoming the human touch of God's love wherever you live, work, and play.