[Faith-talk] praying question

[Maureen Pranghofer]

Hi
I used to think they were just being rude but now I have come to realize 
that they really are curious and if they are bold enough to ask I want to be 
gracious enough to educate them.


-----Original Message----- 
From: Vejas Vasiliauskas via Faith-talk
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 8:18 PM
To: tina sohl
Cc: faith-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] praying question

Thanks.
I'm always very surprised when I'm at a restaurant or store or
something and a sighted person comes up to me to ask about my
blindness.  Personally, I feel that that takes some guts.  I
mean, if I was the sighted person and I saw someone who was
blind, I would be kind of afraid to approach them and think to
myself: Should I talk to that blind person or not? Should I
disrupt the conversation with his family? What if he's mean to
me?
But then again I suppose that they have never met a blind person
before and this could be their one and only opportunity, so
they'll just go for it.
Vejas

----- Original Message -----
From: tina sohl <tinabir at samobile.net
To: alpineimagination at gmail.com
Date sent: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:12:47 -0500
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] praying question

I'm not sure, but it's always seemed as though they feel sorry
fora us
and want us to see.  they don't stop to think that god has his
reasons
and will work everything out for good or that we're just in a
fallen
world and things just happen here.  i've had people tell me, i'm
sorry
you are blind or, that's horrible and i'd say, why,? this is how
god
wants me to be.  nothing horrible about it.
Original message:
Hi,
I'm sure that because we are all blind a lot of you have had
this
happen, but have you ever had someone tell you that they'll pray
for you because you are blind?
Are they trying to pray for your happiness, or are they praying
that we would be able to see? (I'm talking about random
strangers
who notice you are blind and will come up to you)
I'm interested in your take on this.
Vejas

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