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

[Ericka]

I am you're right. 

I think people fear what they can't relate to. Some people just live inside their head. Most folks are decent if made comfy sbout asking.

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

 from my iPhone 6s

> On Aug 31, 2016, at 9:26 PM, andrew edgcumbe via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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
>> 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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