Meanwhile, in the Gospel, Jesus cures a blind man who had been the source of debate among His disciples. They felt that blindness, and other physical ailments, were signs of sinfulness. In their minds, people who were ill or in some way handicapped deserved their fate. Jesus clearly states that this was not the case before He heals the man.
Too often we fall into similar traps as Samuel and the disciples do. We tend to think that those with beauty, money, or power must be God's chosen, or--at least--worthy of our attention. We attribute mere luck to skill and dedication. Meanwhile, the poor, disenfranchised, and dispirited are often treated as though they deserve their situation in life. We blame them for their lot in life--surely they could do more for themselves to be in a better position.
Yet Jesus tells us time and again that it is the lowly that He will raise up. He says that when we take care of them, we are taking care of Him. He asks us to look beyond this physical world when measuring a person's worth. For "Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance but the Lord looks into the heart."