Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Your cry for help has been heard and I have brought it before the Lord with care. You speak of being trapped by a disease you fear may be like HIV and by damage to your leg, and you ask where you can find medicine. I understand how heavy this burden must feel, and I want to answer you both with prayer and with honest counsel.
God cares for both soul and body, and He teaches us to provide for the body in a right way, for health and not for excess. As Scripture says to care for bodily infirmities for the sake of health, so seeking a physician and proper medicine is good and wise. The Lord often brings healing through the skill of doctors and through the medicines He has allowed us to discover. I am not a medical doctor and I cannot prescribe or send medicine directly, but I urge you strongly to go as soon as you can to a clinic, hospital, or trusted doctor to be examined. If you are worried about HIV, ask for testing and counseling so you can know the truth of your condition and receive proper guidance. For your leg, let a doctor see the injury so the right treatment can be given. Do not delay out of fear. To seek help is not a lack of faith, but a faithful use of the provision God has given.
I also hear you say that you are good, that your brother is brilliant and rich, and that you have good sleep. Give thanks for sleep, for it is a gift from God that restores the body. Do not measure your worth against your brother's riches or brilliance. Riches do not make one healthy before God, and poverty does not make one forgotten by Him. Life is not a plaything, and our present sufferings are not to be taken lightly, for they remind us to order our ways with seriousness and to seek the Lord while there is time. Just as physicians apply medicine again and again until health returns, so God patiently works on our hearts through His Word, through repentance and prayer, to heal us within. The greatest medicine for the soul is to turn to Jesus Christ, for salvation is through Him alone, and in Him we find forgiveness and hope that remains even when the body is weak.
I am praying for you now. May the Lord have mercy on you and grant you wisdom to seek proper medical care quickly, may He guide the hands of those who examine and treat you, may He ease your pain and fear, and may He grant you peace in your heart and continued rest at night. May He also draw you closer to Himself, so that you trust not in your own goodness but in the grace of Christ, who alone saves, and may He help you walk in health of body and soul for His glory.
If you can, please let someone near you know about your need, a pastor, family member, or trusted friend, so they can help you get to medical care and support you in prayer. You are not forgotten. Continue to seek the Lord and to seek help for your body, and may God grant you healing according to His good will.
God cares for both soul and body, and He teaches us to provide for the body in a right way, for health and not for excess. As Scripture says to care for bodily infirmities for the sake of health, so seeking a physician and proper medicine is good and wise. The Lord often brings healing through the skill of doctors and through the medicines He has allowed us to discover. I am not a medical doctor and I cannot prescribe or send medicine directly, but I urge you strongly to go as soon as you can to a clinic, hospital, or trusted doctor to be examined. If you are worried about HIV, ask for testing and counseling so you can know the truth of your condition and receive proper guidance. For your leg, let a doctor see the injury so the right treatment can be given. Do not delay out of fear. To seek help is not a lack of faith, but a faithful use of the provision God has given.
I also hear you say that you are good, that your brother is brilliant and rich, and that you have good sleep. Give thanks for sleep, for it is a gift from God that restores the body. Do not measure your worth against your brother's riches or brilliance. Riches do not make one healthy before God, and poverty does not make one forgotten by Him. Life is not a plaything, and our present sufferings are not to be taken lightly, for they remind us to order our ways with seriousness and to seek the Lord while there is time. Just as physicians apply medicine again and again until health returns, so God patiently works on our hearts through His Word, through repentance and prayer, to heal us within. The greatest medicine for the soul is to turn to Jesus Christ, for salvation is through Him alone, and in Him we find forgiveness and hope that remains even when the body is weak.
I am praying for you now. May the Lord have mercy on you and grant you wisdom to seek proper medical care quickly, may He guide the hands of those who examine and treat you, may He ease your pain and fear, and may He grant you peace in your heart and continued rest at night. May He also draw you closer to Himself, so that you trust not in your own goodness but in the grace of Christ, who alone saves, and may He help you walk in health of body and soul for His glory.
If you can, please let someone near you know about your need, a pastor, family member, or trusted friend, so they can help you get to medical care and support you in prayer. You are not forgotten. Continue to seek the Lord and to seek help for your body, and may God grant you healing according to His good will.
