[Blindtlk] an awkward experience

[Judy Jones]

Way to go!

Also, John 9 would be good, all through that chapter.

Judy


-----Original Message----- 
From: Sherry Gomes
Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 8:03 AM
To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] an awkward experience

I've had this happen to me and handled it a variety of ways. The most 
memorable time was when I used to sing in a church choir. One morning, a guy 
came up to me and told him the Holy Spirit told Him I'd be healed by the 
next week. When I showed up in choir the next week, still blind, with my 
guide dog, the guy told me it meant there was either sin or unforgiveness in 
my life. I told him to go read John, particularly chapter ten. Then I also 
said that blindness wasn't a problem to me, only a problem to other people 
and that was his problem. I finished by saying that if he was seriously 
going to pray for healing, I'd prefer to be healed of my arthritis, because 
it does cause serious limitation to my life but that blindness didn't bother 
me. He never spoke to me again, for which I was thankful.



-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 7:24 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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