[Faith-talk] blindness as a gift

[sheila]

hi I truly believe that God is not a respector of persons. One of the 
things that I learned in a totally new way happened when I lost 
significant hearing. I had to literally come back to the foindation of 
my Faith Jesus and realize that he didn't show his love to me through my 
circumstances but that while I was a sinner, christ died for me. I 
didn't want to trust in a
god that would take something so vital to me as my hearing so I'm deeply 
thankful that his love doesn't depend on physical characteristic. I know 
wonderful people that I wouldn't know if I wasn't blind but that also 
goes for sighted people especially in our church.
On 2/8/2014 7:21 PM, Maureen Pranghofer wrote:
> Hi Aleeha
> I'm so glad you crawled out of your hole.  I've had many people tell 
> me that as well.  I disagree.  If blindness were a gift Jesus wouldn't 
> be healing people and taking it away.  I think the gift is when we 
> show the light and the overcoming power of Jesus when through His 
> grace we show people our love, joy, patience, and gladness in the Lord 
> despite being blind.  Just my 2 cents.
> Maureen
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Aleeha Dudley
> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 7:30 AM
> To: faith-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Faith-talk] blindness as a gift
>
> Hi All,
>      I don't often post here, but I figured I'd crawl out from under my
> lurking rock and start this thread. I was speaking with someone last
> night who made a very interesting point to me. Our blindness is such an
> extraordinary gift. It gives us opportunities to share our faith with
> others that many don't have. We can lift others up and relate to others
> in a way sighted folks cannot. Our strength and our belief that we are
> given lives worth living that can be full and productive is such a great
> platform from which to share our stories and our faith. Just thought I'd
> get others' opinions on this one.
> And now, back under my rock I go...
> Aleeha and Seeing Eye dog Dallas
>
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