The last few days I have been hurting pretty badly due to my endometriosis and some other symptoms. I ended up at the ER yesterday. I don’t usually get any answers at the ER but my doctor was unavailable to see me so that’s where I ended up. Didn’t get any answers other than whatever I have isn’t caused by bacteria. I saw this great post over at Augustine!blog asking Why Does God Allow Sickness and Suffering? which I thought was pretty apropos with what I am going through right now so I am passing it along.
When God finished his creation, he said it was good. God is not one to use hyperbole. I heard a comedian say one time. “God created the entire universe and said it was good. We build a Ford Pinto and call it fantastic. “. Good means absolutely without fault. Many times the skeptic uses this question to cast doubt on the existence of God. It usually goes something like this. If God is a loving God, why would he permit sickness and suffering? The questioner is not really looking for an answer, and when the answer is provided, the skeptic goes on to another question. The problem with the question is that it makes several erroneous assumptions and ignores certain facts. It assumes that because God is loving , He is not also, committed to justice, obligated to exact judgment, incapable of anything but truth, able to become angry, intolerant of sin, and have an ultimate goal for his creation. Ultimately the skeptic always has a problem with the issue of freewill. You cannot create a freewill moral agent and then interfere with his freewill decisions. This would violate the basic attributes of God Himself. God cannot violate His own word. It is impossible. If I give you the choice between doing x and y and I tell you that if you choose y, you will be punished, and then you choose y, I must punish you. If I don’t punish you, I am a liar. One who lives in a world of lies is incapable of understanding a world of complete and perfect truth.
This is one of my favorite contemporary Christian songs.
Healing Rain – fall on your servant Teresa. I ask in Jesus’ name. Amen
Thank you and God Bless @abcinsc
God bless you, sister…
God Bless you too @lamehousewife
Will add you to my prayers Teresa, may God give strength and support, and may His healing touch remove the corruption from your body so that this never again bothers you, in Jesus name I so pray and may He bless you every day my friend!
And thank you for all the encouragement you have given me!
Thanks so much for your prayers @loopyloo. You are also a great encouragement to me. That’s a beautiful prayer above. God Bless.
Been there with the endometriosis and know how painful it can be. I hope you’re feeling better soon and will add you to my prayer list.
Thank you for the prayers, TCL. Really appreciated. If only endo was the only thing that was wrong. The Emergency docs said that something else looks fine when I know darn well that it isn’t especially when last night it started hurting much worse in a certain area than when I’ve had a UTI. Oh well… Hopefully I’ll get to see my doc real soon. God Bless.
A couple of years ago, I was working in palliative care and had patients who were suffering severely. I spoke to my spiritual director about what I was seeing every day. He taught me about co-redemptive suffering – choosing to offer up our sufferings for the glory of God and the work of the kingdom. He said to pray for the patients who didn’t know or didn’t choose to offer it up. As for the endometriosis, I don’t experience it personally, but I know it can be very painful. Prayers for you.
I’ve been working on giving my pain over to God but it is tough to do. Thanks so much for your prayers @8 kids and a business. God Bless.