[Faith-talk] praying question

[David Andrews]

It isn't guts, it is arrogance.

Dave

At 08:18 PM 1/22/2015, you wrote:
>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

         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org