Dear able-bodied people,
Can we please agree that praying for a disabled person to be healed after they’ve said no is not okay?
Recently my mom and I were out when a woman asked my mom, “Do you mind if I pray for this angel?”
I answered for myself: “I mind.”
My mom was mortified, but I continued, “God wants me to be this way. I’m okay.”
She disagreed and told me she had Cerebral Palsy and that God healed her. Eventually, for the sake of my very devout mom, I let her pray for me.
But days later I’m still thinking about how presumptuous that moment was.
When you insist on praying for a disabled person to be “healed,” what you’re really saying is that something about us is wrong — that God made a mistake.
I don’t believe that.
I know I am beautifully and wonderfully made, just like everyone else.
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