Preach away Vinny!  I can sure tell you've been there.  And, wow!  You do
have the important things of life.

speaking of seeing your beautiful wife, people say my husband has such a
kind face.  I'd like to see his face too.  Many could say the same of their
children.  Sometimes I think how the Lord says our tears will be stored up
in a bottle; ( some of us may have to have a very big bottle, smile, I
wonder if he doesn't save those things we want to see for us to view in
heaven like a big giant scrap book only in virtual view.  The Bible doesn't
say this, just my possible thoughts.  Either he saves them, or when we reach
heaven those things won't be important anymore.


Vicki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vinny Samarco" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 11:20 PM
Subject: [ECHURCH-USA] A Long reply. Please read and Judge.Re: Re: Safe
Place Fellowship


> Hi Everyone,
>   Here I go off again on another of my preachings.  Please read and judge.
> Vinny
>     I have often thought and heard about the blind men that Jesus healed.
> There is one vast difference between them and ourselves.  This is  not a
> value judgment or partiality, but just the facts.
> We just don't have the same desperation to see as they did.  Their lot in
> life  was that they were about as low on the scale of things as the leper.
> They had no way to make an income but to beg, and had no hope to ever go
up
> the income or social scale.
>     Thanks to Louis Braille, and the inventors of the braille writer, bns,
> and computer, and many, many other blind heroes who have fought predjudice
> and achieved great things even without technology, thanks to all these, we
> don't have such a desperate need to see, or for the same reasons, as those
> in bible times.
> Before I became a christian, I used to be angry at all the references to
to
> blind beggars in the bible, because I thought they strengthened the
> predjudice of the world against the blind.
> Today, even, now, if you go to china, and many many other third world
> countries the situation is not much better, than in Jesus' day.
>
>     Now, all this coupled with all those mis-guided Christians who think
> they are going to heal us to put another notch in their belt.  Also, all
> those who accuse us of not having enough faith--you all know what I mean,
> etc. etc.
>     OI am sure that if we all wrote our stories, it would take days to
read
> them all.
>         I know that in my life, after so many such miserable experiences
> with Christians who thought they could force "God to heal us, I have had
to
> come, by prayer and crying out to the Lord, to the following conclusions
for
> my own life.  Let everyone read and judge.
>     For me, after a most degrading experience with a famous healing
> minister, and many others along the way, I prayed, and felt like the Lord
> said the following to me.
>     "Don't even pray for the healing of your eyes until I tell you that it
> is time".
>
>  And like the blind man in John 9, use the blindness to allow God to be
> glorified in my life.
> Since that time I have come to some other conclusions.
> That is as follows:
>     For me, the most important is seeing in the spirit.  In other
words,Can
> I see what God is doing in my life, do I know him and his ways in my life
> and the lives of others, do I have an intimate relationship with him, so
> that He can speak and I can hear him and obey him?
>     Can I see Him, past myself and my needs, and can I allow Him to flow
in
> my life, and use me to positively influence those In my sphere of
influence?
> This, to me, is real sight that I need.
> O yes, I would like to be able to see my wife, who I know is beautiful
> anyway.. I would like to be able to read and sighread regular music so I
can
> play whatevr is et before me.  It would be nice to finally see what is
> color, and what a sunset is like--but these thing are not necessary to
live.
> But can I see God and His ways.  If God gives me that kind of sight, what
> else do I need?
> Vinny
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rhonda" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 6:21 PM
> Subject: Re: Safe Place Fellowship
>
>
> > A friend once asked me once if I had ever prayed and asked God about my
> > sight, I said no,  my reason being that I see God as a Father, and what
if
> > for example as a child you wanted a new bike, if you thought your father
> > would say no, would you be likely to ask for the bike you desired.  I
> guess
> > I had feared a negative answer.  But after talking and praying with this
> > friend I did pray, and to my surprise, I was not devistated with no
quick
> > answer, I suddenly felt I was surrounded by love and protection, I had
One
> > who cared for me, so I need not fear asking, when the time was right, I
> > would receive my sight.  I don't know what that time is, but as Sandy
> says,
> > there are other things higher on the list!
> > I guess I would like to see things like my girls and Ben, but, I've
never
> > really had sight, so I can't miss it, but  I do  pray for other things,
> > health for Ben, a job, direction for our life, and I am very glad to see
> God
> > work in our lives!
> > Rhonda
> >
> >
> >
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