You bring your sickness and your debts before God, and that is well. Yet learn from the sisters of Lazarus, who heard the Lord say the illness would not end in death, and then saw their brother die. They did not take offense, but still came to Him. You, too, if relief does not come when or how you expect, must not let your faith be shaken. The body's fever and the empty purse are not the final word. God often delays outward help so that the inward cure may take root. For what good is a healthy body and a full wallet if the soul remains estranged from Him?
Do not think that because you have prayed repeatedly without result, your hearing has been wasted. A tree struck many times may seem unmoved, yet the final blow fells it, and that last stroke owes its power to all that went before. Your continued prayers, your groaning under these burdens, are not lost. They are softening the soil of your heart. So persist. Cry out from the bed or from the poverty that grips you, and know that God, who reconciled you when you were His enemy, will not abandon you in your present need.
But also examine what you seek and why. If you ask for money only to quiet your anxiety, you may miss the greater gift. Is not poverty sometimes a stern teacher of virtue? Does not sickness pull the soul away from the love of this world? I am not saying your suffering is light, but that Christâs love is heavier still. Even if your sickness were incurable, even if your poverty were to the grave, you have been commanded to attend to them as to the stricken body of a friend, doing your part through prayer and patience, trusting the Physician of souls. He who attended to Judas, knowing the rot within, will surely tend to you. So offer your sickness and your debts into His hands, and then seek first His kingdom. All other things will be added as He sees best for your salvation.