[Faith-talk] Healing of Eyes

[Beth Taurasi]

Thanks, Linda.  I believe the boy didn't know better.  I also believe
that nobody should be laying hands on people unless they're
comfortable, and I think I was really stupid.  I am not bashing
Baptists at all.  I hate religion-bashing.  As I said in previous
postings, I crack up when people bring up the healing of eyes.  Might
I also point out that this individual church is charismatic in their
thinking and they may not know better.  I know plenty of people who
know that my eyes are the way they are.  If you want to talk to me
further about the subject, feel free to e-mail me privately.
Beth

On 8/3/07, Linda Mentink <mentink at frontiernet.net> wrote:
> 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
>
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