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I have just returned from the doctor’s office where I saw Dr Hawker, who so far, and praise The Lord, has cured me of everything The Lord has inflicted upon me.
Some may see this as a strange process; Why would God give you something like The Botch of Egypt, the Plague, Boils or Leprosy and then allow you to be cured of it? Well God, via Job, explains this.
“The Lord giveth and The Lord taketh away.” Just say that to yourselves a few times. It explains everything, doesn’t it?
The Lord gives us everything, good and bad, but He does not give us more than we can bear for, even if we die, we are happy in heaven, so, in the end we win through His Mercy. Yes, we can bear death. We know this to be true because everyone of our forefathers has died and thus all of them bore it.
OK, let us look at a practical example. Last month, I received a particularly nasty paper cut. Every time I tried to do something, it stung unmercifully. Being a True Christian, I tolerated this until I thought [that the Good Lord thought] that He had punished me enough, and I went to see Dr Hawker.
Together we sat as he mumbled a prayer*:
I signed off the $225 fee to Landover Insurance Co. and left.
After two days, there was some redness in my finger and a slight throbbing. A couple of days later, the whole finger was swollen and felt hot and tight. A few days after that and I was apparently confined to bed. (I don’t remember much as I was being put in touch directly with God Himself who seemed, in my visions, to be quite angry although He never explained why****.)
When the Lord allowed me to regain my earthly faculties, the swelling and pain had subsided and it became clear to me that I had visited Dr Hawker too early and God had not finished punishing me.
All these days later, now I am recovered and the finger bends almost as well as it did before, I thank The Lord for all that He has given me and the small reminder of His Awesome Power that He left behind.
The lesson here is that The Lord Works in a Mysterious Way, His ways are not like ours and He does not explain Himself, for why should He explain anything to us mere mortals? Is He not God?
I have no idea what would have happened if I had not seen the doctor!
(*You can use this, but change the name otherwise I might be cured of things I don’t have.
**God knows everything so He knows whether it was my left or right one.
***Note Dr Hawker’s use of the subjunctive – this is why he is such a good doctor and worth every cent of his fee.
**** This is The Lord’s Way of having you reconsider your life and whether you have dedicated yourself to Him.)
Some may see this as a strange process; Why would God give you something like The Botch of Egypt, the Plague, Boils or Leprosy and then allow you to be cured of it? Well God, via Job, explains this.
“Job:1:20: Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, Job 1:21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”
“The Lord giveth and The Lord taketh away.” Just say that to yourselves a few times. It explains everything, doesn’t it?
The Lord gives us everything, good and bad, but He does not give us more than we can bear for, even if we die, we are happy in heaven, so, in the end we win through His Mercy. Yes, we can bear death. We know this to be true because everyone of our forefathers has died and thus all of them bore it.
OK, let us look at a practical example. Last month, I received a particularly nasty paper cut. Every time I tried to do something, it stung unmercifully. Being a True Christian, I tolerated this until I thought [that the Good Lord thought] that He had punished me enough, and I went to see Dr Hawker.
Together we sat as he mumbled a prayer*:
Oh Almighty God, Thou hast seen fit to inflict thine unworthy servant, Bathfire, with a grievous injury to his distal phalanx** in just and righteous punishment for some offense that he hath given unto Thee that he might remember the days of his life and Thy Omniscience. We humbly beseech Thee and earnestly hope that Thou see***that Bathfire is contrite and seeks your forgiveness in true sincerity that he might be freed of this most correct of inflictions.
We say this in The Name of the Father, The Son and of The Holy Ghost,
Amen.
We say this in The Name of the Father, The Son and of The Holy Ghost,
Amen.
I signed off the $225 fee to Landover Insurance Co. and left.
After two days, there was some redness in my finger and a slight throbbing. A couple of days later, the whole finger was swollen and felt hot and tight. A few days after that and I was apparently confined to bed. (I don’t remember much as I was being put in touch directly with God Himself who seemed, in my visions, to be quite angry although He never explained why****.)
When the Lord allowed me to regain my earthly faculties, the swelling and pain had subsided and it became clear to me that I had visited Dr Hawker too early and God had not finished punishing me.
All these days later, now I am recovered and the finger bends almost as well as it did before, I thank The Lord for all that He has given me and the small reminder of His Awesome Power that He left behind.
The lesson here is that The Lord Works in a Mysterious Way, His ways are not like ours and He does not explain Himself, for why should He explain anything to us mere mortals? Is He not God?
I have no idea what would have happened if I had not seen the doctor!
(*You can use this, but change the name otherwise I might be cured of things I don’t have.
**God knows everything so He knows whether it was my left or right one.
***Note Dr Hawker’s use of the subjunctive – this is why he is such a good doctor and worth every cent of his fee.
**** This is The Lord’s Way of having you reconsider your life and whether you have dedicated yourself to Him.)
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