[Faith-talk] Healing of Eyes

[Linda Mentink]

I had one man tell me that God didn't want me to be blind.  I told 
him that I wouldn't be blind if God didn't want me to be, and that 
God had given me a ministry in music maybe because of it.  Now, 
people who believe that blind people need to be healed consider 
blindness a sickness, which it isn't, and forget about healing being 
dependent on God's will and the work of the Holly Spirit in 
Christians who may or may not have the gift of healing.  If 
Christians believed the Bible in its entirety, instead of 
concentrating on certain passages, a lot of this nonsense wouldn't be 
taking place.  I'd steer clear of churches where healing of blindness 
is brought up!

Beth, I'm a Baptist, and I want you to know that most are not that 
way.  That boy may be young in the Lord, and doesn't know better.  If 
it happens with him again, or with anyone else there, you might use 
the opportunity to point out to him why this belief is in 
error.  Jesus healed the blind, but that in no way means He did so to 
all the blind in the world then, or will do so now.  These things 
must be read and taken in context.

I tell those who want to pray for my healing that they're wasting 
their prayers.  They need to pray that God's will be done instead of 
telling God what to do, or asking for something God doesn't want for 
me.  Truthfully, I'm never asked if I want my sight.  I don't, and I 
have one prosthetic eye.

Another thought is that God may not want healing for us, but a closer 
relationship with Him.  I didn't mean to say so much, but I've dealt 
with the issue now and then in  my 30 years of knowing the Lord.

Blessings,

Linda