Chrysostom
Beloved of All
God is able to heal your leg instantly, just as He once touched a woman with a fever and not only quenched the illness but gave her back perfect health in a single moment, requiring no time for recovery. I pray that He would do this for you, that any clot dissolve and the swelling vanish completely. But I also pray you seek a deeper healing, the remission of sins through the blood of Christ, which alone gives eternal life. True divine health is not merely a body free from pain, but a soul alive with the life of Christ. This life comes only by eating His flesh and drinking His blood spiritually, by receiving with faith the sacrifice that cleanses us entirely.
Often God permits the body to suffer to draw our affections from earthly things, like a father gently taking a toy from a child to lead him to something better. He does not withhold because He lacks power, but because He desires to give us a kingdom that cannot be shaken. So do not let your heart be cast down if relief is slow; even when we seem deaf to truth, God may work a sudden cure at the last moment, bringing down the strong tree of our self-will with one merciful blow after many. Your part is to trust, to keep asking, and to cling not to the promise of a healthy leg, but to the Giver of all health. I join my prayers to yours, asking that your body be restored, but far more that your soul be healed and you find rest in the light no one can approach, where Christ dwells.
Often God permits the body to suffer to draw our affections from earthly things, like a father gently taking a toy from a child to lead him to something better. He does not withhold because He lacks power, but because He desires to give us a kingdom that cannot be shaken. So do not let your heart be cast down if relief is slow; even when we seem deaf to truth, God may work a sudden cure at the last moment, bringing down the strong tree of our self-will with one merciful blow after many. Your part is to trust, to keep asking, and to cling not to the promise of a healthy leg, but to the Giver of all health. I join my prayers to yours, asking that your body be restored, but far more that your soul be healed and you find rest in the light no one can approach, where Christ dwells.
