The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.
Sick Quotes
For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me. (Ephesians 2:10)
It is in sickness that we most feel the need of that sympathy which shows how much we are dependent upon one another for our comfort, and even our necessities. Thus disease, opening our eyes to the realities of life, is an indirect blessing.
One of the minor pleasures of life is to be slightly ill.
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be […]
