Healing - hold fast
Healing is such a difficult topic. I've struggled for many years to find a workable theological understanding on this topic. Many of us believe in healing because it's in the Bible. It's good to put our faith in the Scriptures, but that faith has to reach deeper into our life experience than just because the bible says so. It can be more comfortable for us to redefine healing to fit our experiences. We use prayer for healing as a perfunctory task asking with faith in our words, but not in our heart and spirit. We ask if healing is for today, does God still do miracles, or is healing a gift for some and not for others? I've seen God heal and answer prayers for healing. I believe he can heal, but who and how and when he heals and when he does not is still difficult to navigate. I've prayed for healing many times myself for different ailments. Often God has brought me through, the issue goes away in time, or the doctor helps correct those issues. I've come to reco...