[Blindtlk] an awkward experience

[Mike Freeman]

You are absolutely right about the Bible saying one should pray quietly or, as one translation has it, "in the closet". If people truly believed this, there would be no issue of prayers in schools or at athletic events because people would do their own thing privately. No such luck.

Mike Freeman


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Hyde, David W. (ESC)
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 6:34 AM
To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] an awkward experience

First, you are going to meet people like this. Whether one is religious or not, and no matter what path you choose there are those who insist that they absolutely must inflict their beliefs upon you. Now I tried to be kind the first fifty or sixty times, I am no longer so. I have had strangers insist upon healing me on busses, street corners, grocery stores, and once in a bathroom. If you wish to be kind, remind her of Paul's idea that prayer should be something done quietly and in private. If you are feeling less charitable, when asked if she can pray for you, just tell her no, and ignore her. If she persists, go find the manager and complain. Not being a Biblical scholar, I do remember a passage that reads
"he who knows not, and knows not he knows not, he is a fool, shun him."

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 8:24 AM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: [Blindtlk] an awkward experience

Good morning folks,  I lost my sight six years ago and went through a very dark time for a couple of years and eventually became comfortable with who I am and have since then gone on to do most of what I did before.

But I had an experience yesterday that I didn’t know how to handle.  I was at the gym and had just completed an hour of cardio.  I was sitting at a table located in the center of the gym floor cooling down when a woman began a conversation with me.  She said that she was sitting at the table also (which I doubt) and that God had put her there to talk to me and that she was an evangelist.   She asked if she could talk to me.  When I answered in the affirmative she stood next to me, took my hand in both of her hands, and began praying over me.  She asked God to help this poor  child, saying that Jesus had healed the sick, cured the blind, and raised the dead.  She prayed for over a minute (at least it felt like), using verbage that I only hear on Sunday morning.  Then she finished and left me sitting there.  I was shocked and didn’t know what to say.  I let her do her thing thinking that I had probably made her feel positive about herself by helping 
“this poor child”.  Understand that I am a christian but have never had such an embarrassing display since losing my sight.  Has this happened to others, and how did you handle such a display?

Michael
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