[Faith-talk] pray for my brother and family

[Poppa Bear]

Great great words Debby.
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From: "Debby Phillips" <semisweetdebby at gmail.com>
To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
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Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] pray for my brother and family


> Hi Andrew, I understand having a hard time fighting for things.  Many 
> families tell their blind children not to fight, but to sit back and wait 
> for things to happen.  Just because there is resistance doesn't mean 
> always that it's something God doesn't want you to do.  In fact, it can be 
> quite the opposite.  When I look at the life of Paul, Saint Paul, not our 
> Paul on list, though I'm sure he has his battles too, but anyway Saint 
> Paul struggled his whole life.  He was persecuted, beaten, imprisoned, 
> shipwrecked, and eventually killed for his faith.  Now, you most likely 
> won't get killed if you go to a Center.  But you may learn to stand up for 
> yourself.  All of us can advocate for you, help you, support you should 
> you choose to go to a Center or wherever else you might go, but ultimately 
> it will be up to you.  God will help you, He will strengthen you.  But 
> have you noticed that when Jesus healed people He often asked them to do 
> something? He put clay mixed with spittle on the eyes of a blind man and 
> told him to go wash himself at the Pool of Siloam.  There was always 
> something that He asked people to do.  The Samaritan Woman was told to go 
> get her husband.  Now, Jesus very well knew that she didn't have a 
> husband, so in a way He was confronting her with the truth about her life. 
> But after she came to believe that Jesus was the MESSIAH, she went and 
> told everyone in the village about him.  So many other times that are 
> coming to my memory from Scripture.  Andrew, you don't have to sit back 
> and do nothing just because that's what your family has taught you.  You 
> are 26, you are an adult.  You can decide that you will NOT sit back and 
> do nothing.  I know you are afraid.  I can sense it in everything you 
> write.  It's okay to be afraid, but you have to sometimes face your fears 
> and decide to do stuff anyway.  My family, especially when I was first 
> starting out didn't always want me to do some of the things I did.  But I 
> proved to them that I could be okay on my own, and that I could have a 
> good life, too.  Andrew, with God's help, fight for what you want!!! You 
> can do it.    Blessings,    Debby
>
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