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Posted by inanimate peanut on July 8, 2010, at 22:36:54
I grew up Christian and then turned away from God when I was 18. I recently because a Christian again and honestly believed that God was going to heal me probably not to a you'll-never-need-meds-again state but certainly to a live-a-normal-life-with-meds state. My faith has been so weak lately. I think babble is bad for my faith (just me personally-- it's good for my hope in meds in that it starts me thinking about med options but bad for my faith in God as I get obsessed with medication) but that is the least of my problems. My faith that God will heal me is so weak right now, and I don't know how to rebuild it. It's like the thing with the nortriptyline. If it get intercepted at the post office, then it wasn't God's will for me to have it. I should just accept that but I will be absolutely devastated if that happens. The chaplain when I was in the hospital said healing was God giving us what we needed to deal with what we had rather than him taking it away from us. I don't want to believe that. I still want to believe that I can actually be healed and part of me still believes that if I could have enough faith-- the faith of Abraham or Joshua, that I would be healed of this. What do you think? Do you think God can/will heal you of this?
Posted by SLS on July 9, 2010, at 2:34:37
In reply to do you believe God can/will heal you?, posted by inanimate peanut on July 8, 2010, at 22:36:54
I don't think it is an either-or scenario.
I would say to keep praying, but perhaps not be too selective of what you deem to be God's method of healing. Your mind is a gift. Don't be afraid to use it to its maximum potential to help you find your healing. Hopefully, the minds of science will help facilitate this sooner rather than later. With this illness, any type of healing is a miracle.
Good luck.
- Scott
Posted by Laney on July 22, 2010, at 11:03:53
In reply to Re: do you believe God can/will heal you? » inanimate peanut, posted by SLS on July 9, 2010, at 2:34:37
IP, In my opinion I don't think there is a formula for healing. For me, it helps to know that what I'm going through, though difficult and painful it may be, God is always good. No question about it. I don't blame Him for not healing me like I think He should. But whatever he is allowing me to go through I think it is still for His glory because I will have a testimony and It can be used to help those in similar situations and to have compassion on people I may have passed over before. (My heart goes out to the discarded, lonely, and mentally ill where it maybe wouldn't have before).
Laney
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