[Blindtlk] an awkward experience

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Michael,

         Let it go,  knowing of your helping that 
woman to feel psychically whole, and righteous. 
Wasn't serving as the object of her prairful 
fervor, little to no sweat off your 
ass?Personally, I always assume a passive 
demeanor when people wish to excercise their 
prayer rituals around, or about me. Through 
praying rituals is not how I happen to 
communicate with my spiritual side, but i 
completely respect those whom needto feel they 
are being spiritual by excercising a lil' prayer nor, ought you.

David W. (ESC) wrote:
>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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