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

[debby]

Hi Sarah, I believe that there will be people who will need !explain to God why they felt it necessary !exclude people with disabilities, including the -munity of sisters who decided that they would not accept handicapped women. It is a bewildering phenomenon to me how churches and other religious groups can justify some of their actions. Granted that people in churches and other groups are still part of our society with akl of its prejudices, but at least within Christianity, our lives are supposed !be being transformed by Choist.    Blessings,    Debby

On Aug 31, 2016 7:05 PM, Sarah Blake LaRose via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 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. 
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> Sarah Blake LaRose, M.Div., accessible instruction in biblical languages 
> Personal mail: sarah at 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... 
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> 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 
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> from my iPhone 6s 
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> > 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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