Dear Friend,
It has occurred to me that, in an effort to be helpful when I believed my assistance was sought, I may have inadvertently offended you – and that’s the last thing I would ever want to do.
I know you have been suffering from this ailment for a very long time and that you have asked a number of friends to pray for you. As a fellow AW-JP enthusiastic, I took the liberty of assuming that the bottom line was to eradicate and obliterate the ‘mountain’ by showing ‘it’ no mercy. I think anything less than 100% starvation gives the devil an inroad to sneak back in.
I am ‘guilty’ of doing the same thing that I was trying to get you to quit, namely, after asking God for healing (by asserting the spiritual fact that “by His stripes” we are already healed), we go right back and give voice to the devil. We talk about it (the sickness whose very existence we have just denied) with our wives, husbands, friends and anyone who’ll listen! We take medicine, massage, acupuncture, aroma, salves – for that thing that doesn’t deserve the right time of day.
When I have symptoms that vie for ALL my attention and I’m unable to function, I do the least I have to in order to free my mind to STRIVE TWICE AS HARD to get right with God, knowing that healing takes place when our minds are off the problem. If I spoke out of turn with you, or too harshly, or like a know-it-all, I do sincerely and humbly apologize: I only wanted to shake up the devil and send him packing.
Much love,
Robin