Once I was approached in the grocery store by a woman while I was with my guide dog, minding my own business and selecting produce. She said, “Do you believe in God? If you have strong enough faith, the Lord can heal you.”

To be honest, I was annoyed. I gritted my teeth and smiled, keeping my feelings to myself. She wasn’t the first person to come up to me that way. I told her that I did have faith that the Lord could heal me, and he already had. I explained that God healed me emotionally — inside — and that this was more important than the physical.

She saw that she was getting nowhere, so she finally said that she would pray for me. I thanked her, and told her “I’ll pray for you, too!” I felt sorry for this lady, because if she or a loved one of hers faced a serious problem — as we all do—would she think that it was because she lacked faith?