[Blindtlk] an awkward experience

[Judy Jones]

Wow, Michael,

Both my husband and I are blind, and we have had this happen to us, although 
not in recent years.

Both of us are Christians, and when this happened to us, it was at a Gospel 
Businessman's dinner.  A young man came up to us and started proclaiming 
healing, praying and suchlike.

Granted, biblically, healing has been provided for.  What we don't know is 
God's perfect plan for each of our lives.  I totally it is within God's 
power to instantly heal as He has done in the past, but I'm not sitting 
around waiting for it, nor would, I believe, God expect me to do so, either.

Having given that background for the rest of the story, once this young man 
placed a hand over my husband's eyes and mine, I reached up, took his hands 
away, and said, Wait a minute, appreciate you praying for our healing, but 
Jesus always asked those he healed what they wanted.  How do you know what 
we are praying for?

I asked nicely, thinking it to be a teaching moment, and he got somewhat 
flustered.  We then told him what we really were praying for in our lives at 
the time, explained our stance on blindness, and it turned out to be a good 
moment.

Well, that's how we dealt with it in the context of our lives.

In summary, if you feel comfortable doing this, if someone really feels the 
need to pray for you, remove their hands and challenge them.  For instance, 
if they really want to pray, give them something to pray about, or pray 
about the state of the country, whatever you think is worth praying about.

Those can be awkward moments, but good teaching moments, too.  People do 
that out of ignorance, and it seems like we're always educating, no matter 
what.

All the best to you.

Judy


-----Original Message----- 
From: Michael
Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 7:23 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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