[Faith-talk] {Spam?} Re: autism, healing and whatever else...

[Sarah Blake LaRose]

I always like to tell people that there was one instance in which a person's 
friends brought him to Jesus and it was because the crows was in the way. 
When Jesus healed a person, he didn't interact with another person who 
wanted to ask him to heal a blind person. The only times this happened was 
when a person was dying and the person's family member asked him to heal 
them. Otherwise he interacted directly with the person who asked him to heal 
them. So those of us who have disabilities are capable of asking for our 
healing or not. And there is a lot more to the healing narratives than 
healing. Most often these are stories about a person being restored to the 
community that was shunning them or leaving them out because of their 
disability. I have to wonder what Jesus would have to say to a community 
that has the means and the power to be inclusive but refuses to be 
enlightened and live as the community of God should.





Sarah Blake LaRose, M.Div., accessible instruction in biblical languages
Personal mail: sarah at sarahblakelarose.com
http://www.sarahblakelarose.com
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Ericka via Faith-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 7:18 PM
To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
Cc: Ericka
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] autism, healing and whatever else...

That person that wanted you to be healed sounds selfish to me. His way of 
thinking that is selfish. I like how you put things.

Ericka Short
1750 Fordem Ave. #508
Madison. WI. 53704
608-665-3170

from my iPhone 6s

> On Aug 31, 2016, at 4:54 PM, Linda Mentink via Faith-Talk 
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Sandra,
>
> Very well put.  Also, we need to remember that, as long as we are here on 
> this earth, we will have illnesses and diseases.  I was told that God 
> wants me to see, and, yes, that person wanted to pray for my healing.  I 
> told him that God's will was for me to be blind; otherwise, I'd be able to 
> see.  He gave me a singing voice to use for Him.  That man's response was, 
> "Yes, but just think how much better your ministry would be if you were 
> healed!" What I thought, but didn't say, was, "No, what you're really 
> saying is, just think how much better your ministry would be if you healed 
> me!" God has made us the way we are, each with different gifts and 
> talents, and each with different challenges, whether through disease or 
> something not "normal." Our job as Christians is to rejoice in the Lord, 
> and give Him thanks and the glory for it.  We'll all be whole in heaven. 
> Until then, we must make the best of it, and be an encouragement to 
> others.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Linda
>
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