Have you ever been surrounded by people and yet still felt invisible?  We all possess a deep need to be known and loved–to be seen.  In John’s gospel, Jesus calls the religious leaders out for not truly loving God’s people, and then Jesus  identifies himself as the good shepherd who sees, rescues, heals, and restores the lost sheep.  And to really understand what it means that He is our Good Shepherd, you’ve got to go back to a story about a man that was born blind.