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Originally Posted by BrotherLarry
Not sure why my pastor won’t support me about this but I know my Landover family will.
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I'm not sure if the answer will be the one you want. (That's rather like prayers, isn't it?)
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They absolutely did not want to hear about illness being a result of sin
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And nor should they. Christ says this is not so.
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and implied that my prayer life must be lacking or Jesus would have given me a more caring attitude.
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This is not so either. What God gives us is understanding and acceptance.
John 9
1. And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
God makes gimps revolting and repulsive on purpose - He shows you what he can do. It is rather like the warnings on cigarette packs combined with an advert for the manufacturer.
Your disgust is an entirely Christian reaction: God has succeeded in his mission in your case.
There are two options, as I see it:
1. Continue as you are but inform the gimps of the true reason - I should imagine that most will feel grateful that they are part of His Plan.
2. Matthew 17:20 Do a miracle and cure one or two of them.