Good Morning! The stories of miraculous healing are wonderful to hear; I am always glad to read about the hand of God still at work in our world. We do not pray in vain and our faith is based on the truth of God. Does someone you know hear about miracles performed in healing and reject them as tales for the credulous? The Holy Spirit of God is not in any way diminished by time or space. The Kingdom of God is not an ala carte menu from which we pick only what we like. If someone, stranger or friend, is healed in a miraculous way there is only one thing to say, “Praise God!” Pray diligently for those who are sick, in body or soul, for our prayers are answered by a mighty and loving God.
Please don’t believe that you are some special case; that healing is for everyone else and that you were created only to suffer your entire life. Jesus came that we might have life and have it more abundantly; he does not want us to suffer, though he will allow it to help us to grow or to glorify the Father in Heaven. Sometimes we pity ourselves in our suffering and think that it is a permanent condition. You may suffer something all of your earthly life, but there will be healing when we see Jesus and that suffering will not be without reason. If by reason of my suffering a little or a lot, one person is saved by Jesus, then it is more than worth it. Jesus thought it was worth it to suffer the punishment deserved by all of us, and by his suffering we are all redeemed in the eyes of God. No we are not made to suffer; we are made for the glory of God!
In suffering or in sorrow, in joy and in gladness, we praise the name of our Lord!
Bucky
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