[Faith-talk] being healed from blindness

[Doris and Chris]

You are very blessed in your church! Even before I lost my sight, I 
was smiled upon as naive at best and oftenridiculed and worth when I 
spoke of church being community and that I thought  that we should 
live thought we should be and live out community.

In his grip of grace!

Doris in Lutherland




At 07:13 PM 2013/12/17 -0900, you
>This is all diffirent for me and sounds a little odd because in my 
>case I am usually the care taker for those around me, I invite those 
>who have less over for dinner, xmas, and Thanksgiving. We end up 
>being a small refuge for quite a few families and have a couple give 
>and take open door relationships with members of my Church. I have a 
>gentlemen  who is faithful as a grandfather clock to call me every 
>friday to see if I want to go to the mens breakfast and pick me up 
>bright and early every time. Another lady picks up my girls every 
>morning to take them to the Christian school. The thing is that our 
>Pastor really drives home the point of living out active Christian 
>lives that consist of faithful Christian service that leads to great 
>oppertunities to love and bless others and as people start to listen 
>to his preaching from the word they find that the truth that "it is 
>better to give then to receive" is a faithful and tru promis. Never 
>the less I am sure that there are plenty of broken and lonely hearts 
>in my Church just dying for a closer relationship with somebody in the body.
>----- Original Message ----- From: "RJ Sandefur" 
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>>Unforchantely, that is all to comon place. RJ
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul" <oilofgladness47 at gmail.com>
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>>Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 9:02 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] being healed from blindness
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>>>I've an answer to this problem about the church pitying us because 
>>>of our blindness, and I read this statement many years ago in a 
>>>book about blind welfare from the RNIB.  The main reason, as I and 
>>>the author of the book see it, is that there is yet no practical 
>>>substitution to the human eye. For some deaf and hard of hearing 
>>>people there is the cochlear implant and for people who have lost 
>>>limbs or arms there are artificial ones which, although naturally 
>>>not like the originals in their totality, nevertheless work to 
>>>some extent.  Unfortunately even in my church, even though they 
>>>don't pity me, no one will invite me over to their place for a 
>>>meal and some good conversation.  This happened after our 
>>>Thanksgiving Day service, and I pray it won't happen after 
>>>Christmas Day services either.  Hope that was an adequate explanation.  Paul
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "RJ Sandefur" 
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>>>Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 7:53 PM
>>>Subject: [Faith-talk] being healed from blindness
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>>>
>>>>Dear list, First, as someone wi!th a doctorate in theology, I 
>>>>must say I've not seen anywhere in scripture Christ refur to 
>>>>blindness as something to be looked upon as evil, and yet, the 
>>>>church tens to pity us. I've not seen this in my own church thank 
>>>>the Lord, but I know some of you have. God allowed to be blind, 
>>>>and I don't need some faulse teacher to tell me to claim my 
>>>>healing, just so they can bum money off me
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