Kathy,
After the Lord told me that, I have never prayed for it.  The challenges of
getting through my life are much more necessary for me to get through than
the healing of my eyes.
I prayi for healing for a lot of other things instead of my eyes.
About 15 years ago, I I was praying one night, and I felt the Lord say, that
the time of my healing was coming soon.
Obviously it either wasn't the Lord, or his  definition of "soon" is
different than mine.  Smile.
 Again, I do believe in God's ability and power to heal.
About eight years ago, however, I was in a church where there was a healing
preacher there, and he saw I was blind, though I was in the back of this
large church. He began making remarks about me in front of everyone.
I prayed and said to myself, "Lord, you know what I have been through all
these years.  If this is from you, I'll sense the nature of Christ in this
man.  Obviously, it was not from the Lord, and the man just humiliated me in
front of everyone.
But when God heals me, he will get the glory. Not some man.

    On another point, I recently heard of several stories when people who
hadn't seen for 50 years, got their sight back from a medical proceedure.
They almost went crazy because they didn't know how to use the extra sense,
or how to interpret what was happening to them.  It took many years for them
to adjust.
I have also heard of some who have never adjusted.
So, if God chooses to heal me in this life, I want it to be from him, not
some medical proceedure.   Vinny


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 4:25 AM
Subject: Re: spiritual abuse


> Vinny,
> Do you still pray for healing?
> Kathy
>
>
> At 01:35 PM 7/1/2005, you wrote:
> >     Hi Everyone,
> >I absolutely believe in the phenominon ofspiritual abuse.  I have seen
lots
> >of it in many
> >areas.
> >I don't know that I want to share my story, because it opens up a big can
of
> >worms.  However, God told me I had to forgive those preachers which were
> >thinking they could heal me, in order to put another notch in their gun
> >belt, so-to-speak.
> >
> >The major problem with all this, is that the devil has been trying to
work
> >overtime in our lives against any belief in healing.
> >Let's look at this strictly from a logical point of view.
> >1.  Jesus healed blindness and many other disabilities. 2.  He told his
> >disciples to heal the sick, raise the dead etc. 3. He told his disciples
> >that they would even do greater works than he did.
> >Now here is the questions we all must answer.
> >Where is it in the bible that Jesus said that all healing and signs and
> >wonders, and gifts of the spirit would cease after the book of Acts and
the
> >early church?
> >Well, there is no such scripture.  That doctrine is a doctrine of man and
of
> >devils.
> >Therefore, everyone, inspite at the abuse we have all suffered under the
> >hands of well-meaning, and not-so-well-meaning preachers, yet, healing
and
> >everything else God promised in His word, is for today.
> >The Devill has used all this garbage we have gone through, to discourage
us
> >into believing that there is no healing or baptism in the spirit, or
> >anything else.
> >Now, though I believe in healing, I believ contrary to the healing
> >preachers, for the Lord heals, not the preachers.  So I prefer to leave
it
> >in the Lord's  hands, and in his timing.
> >Nevertheless, know that God is greater than our experiences, whether they
be
> >bad or good.  And we can trust our Lord to do what he purposes to do in
our
> >lives, no matter what the doctrines of man might be.
> >
> >Vinny
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:52 PM
> >Subject: Re: spiritual abuse
> >
> >
> > > Kerri,
> > >
> > > The bottom line is, your parents loved you enough to try and do
something.
> > > Abuse?  Not really.  The lies you believe, on the other hand, are
getting
> >in
> > > the way of your life and relationship with the Lord.  Those types of
> > > experiences just add fuel to the fire.  There are lies that just need
to
> >be
> > > cleared up is all.  Jesus knows how to do that very well.  You did the
> >right
> > > think by bringing it up because that is what echurch is all about.
> > >
> > > Phil.
> > >
>