I unloaded my frustrations to my friend Karen while talking on the phone the other day. Sometimes blindness makes me so tired that it just scrapes against the bottom of my soul, and it was one of those days.
I bet you know what I’m talking about; we’ve all had “one of those days.” You know, when you’re so overwhelmed that you can’t even put your jumbled feelings into words?
I’ve been on the phone a lot lately with a friend who is going through the messy aftermath of a hurtful break up.
The man she thought she was going to marry wasn’t close to the man he turned out to be.
Not only is she dealing with the grief of a lost relationship of a future husband, but also the loss of the man she thought she loved, a man she now has to accept as a fraud. Isn’t that hard? Have you been there?
Recap of Mark 8:22-23: Jesus was filled with compassion when He encountered the blind man. He led the blind man outside the village. Once outside the village, Jesus put His hands on the blind mans eyes.
“Do you see anything?” Jesus asked after the blind man’s eyes opened. Jesus asked a question for which He knew the answer. So why did He ask?
Dear Jennifer,
I was so inspired when I first saw your video on Walking by Faith: Lessons I Learned in the Dark. I’ve had a bad case of tinnitus for almost 1 1/2 years with severe hearing loss in one ear and several sounds that constantly are hard to put out of my mind.
I am a born again Christian but have been struggling with this since I can’t seem to get my mind off of it. With the hearing loss, it makes it even harder because the noise seems to be louder. I am doing some biofeedback and taking anti-depressants which do not help a whole lot. This problem has really been severe for me and my husband, who is also a Christian. He gets so tired of hearing me talk about it. It really gets me down. Since it doesn’t appear God is going to heal me, do you have any ideas on this type of affliction?
Your Friend, Discouraged
Jennifer’s Answer:
