[Faith-talk] general comment, relationship issues all

[Ericka]

Thank you for your well written post Sandra. Glad to know the book is on BARD and i love your musings on why we are still not completely accepted. 

You are a blessing!

Ericka Short
from my iPhone 6+

> On May 20, 2017, at 4:12 PM, Sandra Streeter via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hey, I love the exciting exchange of ideas here.
> 
> It’s true, Ericka, the Word is “"called “new every morning” for a reason; I think there are some things you can have as static ideas, like the Cross, of course, but other things where there’s some play in how we can consider them; our challenge is to be able to agree to disagree on some viewpoints. Here’s something I like to aim to live by: "In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; and in all things, charity."
> 
> I believe “Send is available through BARD.
> 
> It does amaze me the length some church people go seemingly to avoid helping us with church-related business: I was going to join up with a local Calvary Chapel I’d been part of earlier, and one person who lives maybe 10-20 minutes from me had the excuse of, “I have to drop my grandchildren off on Sundays” or something. I have definitely seen changes in the last 10 years or so, not for the better. You’d have thought as more mainstreaming occurred, the world would open up a bit more for us, but “it ain’t nessa-sarily so”. I know this has been addressed before, but another thing that irks me about church, but also generally, is that we are seldom tasked with duties that need to happen.I asked the Lord this afternoon, “Since Jesus’ attitude toward women was so open and inclusive—why did He only heal disabled people, and not involve them in ministry?” “They (meaning, members of society at large) weren’t ready.” It is just sad to me that, while the vast majority of sighted folks that were excluded from various aspects of life have achieved great gains in gaining their rights (though the job is never truly done, and probably won’t be ‘til Christ returns), and we disabled are always the last ones to be validated.
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> 
> Sandra
> 
> Not “Revelation” – tis – that waits
> But our unfurnished eyes –
> (Emily Dickinson)
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