Mark 7

"33 And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue. "

At first glace, the reaction would be, "this is nasty". Jesus touched the tongue of this man with his saliva. But on a sweeter note, this is like being kissed by Jesus. However, it looks like Jesus had to have used both of His hands to put fingeres in both of his ears. Did He immediate take them out of his ears? If not, where did Jesus spat on and how did He touch his tongue? On the ground? But it doesn't make sense if Jesus spat on the ground, because it immediately says that He touched his tongue, sounding like He touched his tongue with the spit. Anyway, just a pictorial analysis. This scene brings about this verse that is so true:

"25For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength." (1 Corinthians 1)

What we see as nasty or weird (praying in tongues), the foolishness of God, is still wiser than our wisdom. It is only that we cannot comprehend the wisdom of God that these things seem odd to us at first glance. At the end, after the nasty saliva on the tongue, the man was healed and the miracle was proclaimed. In living in this world, we are many times worried about appearing odd to other people for fear of not being accepted. However, we forget that our persistent oddness in being Christ-like will amount to a beautiful life and a miracle to others. That even if we sigh in the process as Jesus did, we can still look up to heaven and continue to live a life of miracles.