@homebird I agree. It's an uncomfortable thought. I wonder whether "this happened" wasn't his blindness, but their meeting, eg "this *moment* has happened". Maybe.
Or perhaps we sometimes have to accept that God's thoughts and actions are so far beyond our comprehension that what seems cruel to us is acceptable to God? We do tend to Judge God by human standards quite a bit.
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@stueytheround @JoyfullyDazed I can cope with "this moment happened" for sure. But yeah. I still remember my mother telling me she''d refuse a blood transfusion and let me die, because that is what God wants. Then I see "Christians" saying God meant disabled to be disabled, or God "loved those kids so brought them home early". All I want to do is throw up my hands and shout "BS!"
@homebird It seems out of character for the God I have gotten to know over the last few decades.
I read a book a few years ago called Beyond Healing by Jennifer Rees Larcombe which gave her interesting perspective as a disabled Christian. It made me think.
@stueytheround I will look out for that. Yes, it does seem very "out-of-character", doesn't it? @JoyfullyDazed