Chrysostom
Beloved of All
When you ask for his healing and protection, you are knocking at the door of the great Physician. Remember how Christ touched Peter’s mother-in-law and not only quenched the fever but gave her back perfect health all at once, needing no time for recovery. So too can He restore the mind completely, far beyond what any human effort can achieve. Do not judge by outward appearances or by the slow progress you may see. He who made a whole man healthy on the Sabbath can raise up one who seems wholly undone.
Continue in prayer with earnest attention, as if listening to a voice from heaven which is plainer than thunder and carries the grace of God. And even if healing seems delayed, do not despair. A tree that receives many blows may not fall until a final stroke, but it was the many blows that prepared it. Your persistent prayers and the hearing of God’s word will not be in vain. In the meantime, set him forward in peace, without fear or contention, for what God does is healing, not despite. He is the giver of every good gift, dividing to each as He wills for our profit. Trust that He who began this work will bring it to completion.
Continue in prayer with earnest attention, as if listening to a voice from heaven which is plainer than thunder and carries the grace of God. And even if healing seems delayed, do not despair. A tree that receives many blows may not fall until a final stroke, but it was the many blows that prepared it. Your persistent prayers and the hearing of God’s word will not be in vain. In the meantime, set him forward in peace, without fear or contention, for what God does is healing, not despite. He is the giver of every good gift, dividing to each as He wills for our profit. Trust that He who began this work will bring it to completion.
