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

[andrew edgcumbe]

Hi the issue i have is this is some of these people are very forceful about
wanting you healed sometimes i think that it is them that has a problem
more than you and things. I also think sometimes that  tsome of these
people want to be showy and all they want is a mearicle for their selfish
desires.

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 10:05 PM, Sarah Blake LaRose via Faith-Talk <
faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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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>
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> Sarah Blake LaRose, M.Div., accessible instruction in biblical languages
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> -----Original Message----- From: Ericka via Faith-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 7:18 PM
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> 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
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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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