Healing etc.
I have been listening to some (well intentioned) preachers lately who have been talking about how God desires for his for his children to receive healing from ailments and deliverance from addictions. I believe this, but in my spirit, I really struggle with this concept. I have listened to many stories of the blind seeing, the deaf hearing, and drug addicts and alcoholics being completely set free from the chains of those addictions. The reason I struggle is because my child has cerebral palsy. I have earnestly prayed for God to heal him. I have great faith that He can do this, yet my son is not healed. He still has cerebral palsy, and likely he will for the rest of his life despite my earnest and fervent prayer. Then, there is the misconception that anyone who is an addict is instantly freed from the from addiction at the moment of conversion simply by the power of Christ. While this does happen, this certainly is not the case for everyone. I was speaking to my doctor...