we were reading this for cg last friday:
As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the saints in Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas, a paralytic who had been bedridden for eight years. "Aeneas," Peter said to him, "Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and take care of your mat." Immediately Aeneas got up. All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
~Acts 9:32-35
what caught me was that for 8 years... no one ever said to the man 'you should not be sick. go get your healing'. it was normal, perfectly normal to walk past an invalid - perhaps the same way it's perfectly normal to walk past the homeless on the streets of London. yet it wasn't at all normal for Peter. he saw something wrong with it and moved to address it - how? by proclaiming the healing of God.
today what caught me was this:
Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished.
~Deuteronomy 34:7
why is it natural to wear specs/ contacts? the people in the bible with God's blessing of health were incredibly old before they were described as having 'dim eyes' and 'could not see' i bet Jesus had perfect eyesight.
so no. i'm not gonna accept wearing specs for the rest of my life. even though my degree and my astigmatism is double that of most people's
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