tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post3170306512558349217..comments2023-10-22T09:53:27.978-04:00Comments on Desert Year: Our Hands, Our SpiritsGannet Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-64695186924536545852009-01-24T12:18:00.000-05:002009-01-24T12:18:00.000-05:00The healing stories are the hardest for me. They...The healing stories are the hardest for me. They are the corollary to the oft-heard comment that things happen for a reason. <BR/><BR/>Why? Why are some healed and it is considered God's intervention? What does that mean for those that are not healed? I know God isn't a puppet master but I struggle mightily with these stories.Kathryn Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16757414380685368592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-37880982604590362982009-01-23T20:24:00.000-05:002009-01-23T20:24:00.000-05:00Wonderful insight into the text as well as your li...Wonderful insight into the text as well as your life. May hands soothe your aching heart.Elaine (aka...Purple) https://www.blogger.com/profile/09439199680556347830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-73772572843334715982009-01-23T19:37:00.000-05:002009-01-23T19:37:00.000-05:00Grief is an injury of the spirit...but I do not be...Grief is an injury of the spirit...but I do not believe there is "healing" for grief. I do not believe that life is restored "in its all-pervasive wholeness" after such an injury. Sometimes, life has to be lived <I>around</I> and injury, or <I>in spite of </I> a handicap. There is life after grief. And it can be a full and blessed life. Just as it would be if you had lost a hand or a leg. But it is not the same life one had before the loss.Lisa :-]https://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-3319789118589654412009-01-23T15:02:00.000-05:002009-01-23T15:02:00.000-05:00I've never thought before about what that man's li...I've never <I>thought</I> before about what that man's life was like. It was always one of those stories where the eye slides over the details, registering the definitional meaning of the word but not the human meaning. Thank you for exploring it more deeply.<BR/><BR/>And yes, the longer I am Christian, the more interested I am in healing and restoration and the less I'm interested in laws.Ruth Hull Chatlienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797146501548509911noreply@blogger.com