So God I think you’re saying you want to talk about the things my friend has been seeing?

Yes.

Ok he saw his angels stand up and bar the way of some people who offered to pray for him?

Yes he did.

And then on another occasion he heard you saying that your people are late, did you really tell him that too?

Yes I told him that too.

Ok so you want to talk about all that now?

Yes.

Have you noticed that people with mental illnesses are treated as outcasts in ways that cancer and heart disease victims are not? Why should this ailment be a completely separate category from others? Your culture elevates reason above other things and considers it central to identity in a way that physical wellbeing is not. Yet this understanding of identity is not consistent with my word. Your true identity is that I created you in my image, not in your ability to reason. Therefore you should not use that as a basis for rejecting anyone, but it goes beyond that. Understanding this will help you know who you are as well. 

The Pharisees asked me if they were blind also. Does this seem like an odd question? How could you be blind and not know? Yet this is not the only place in scripture that this question arises. The Laodicean church in Revelation is wealthy and has no awareness of need, but I see them as poor and blind and miserable. I advise them to come to me to meet their real needs, including eye salve that they may see. It is possible that affluence or other factors can keep you from comprehending more important reality that is right in front of you. Do you examine your own vision frequently to be sure it is true? Come to me for eye salve; I’ve got plenty.  

My word teaches you that though the outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. Do you think this is a special case referring to the short term experience of a few individuals? In the long term it applies to everyone. People can accelerate or retard the effects of aging by the way they live, but time will win in the end. This may be a hard reality to face in a culture that values youth and beauty so much, but it is part of my plan and design from the beginning. Don’t ignore the second part of the passage which is the real message. Look at the advancement of years as a process in which you can become sharper and more focused on the things that really matter.