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Hello @brit,
As I am a person of faith and believe in God, I realize that what @parus and @merpreb have posted has a ring of truth. Sometimes people of faith can begin to rely on magical thinking that all will be fine if they just believe. However, as people of faith we are urged to seek out wisdom and to actively involve ourselves in our own well-being.
As an example of this, I have an elderly relative who in her early 50's discovered a lump in her breast. She decided not to follow the doctor's suggestions for a mammogram, biopsy, etc. and instead prayed and went to visit healers that she saw on TV. After 10 years of that kind of behavior the lump got so big that she could no longer lift her arm to put on her winter coat. So, she decided to do things the doctor's way and eventually had chemo, a mastectomy and radiation.
I realize that we all approach God and faith in a way that we have learned so the following sentence is only my opinion: As a person of faith, I believe that God asks me to look to Him for wisdom but also to use the wisdom he has provided to medical science in order to be healthy and strong.
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@hopeful33250 I agree with everything you said Theresa Whether it is our Dr.s ,nurses or whoever people are here to help each other and we need to look to others for help the right kind of people with whatever the problem is . As I said God helps those who help themselves we don't just sit on the sideline
@hopeful33250 thank you for once again putting using your gentle words what I was endeavoring to convey. If it were not for my faith I would be at a loss. You stated so well what I wanted to say. I see God everywhere. In the lovely patterns of frost on the window and the trusting smile of my grandson.
Thank you for sharing your story. It is hard to watch others not seek out wisdom.
@hopeful33250- Well said Teresa! I believe just as God provided "a way" He gave us brains to think on our own and to seek out truth & decernment from science. To me though, the most important thing is to "give what we are dealing with over to Him". This doesn't mean we stick are brains in the drawer, but rather that we acknowledge Him. Just as any parents desires a relationship with their children and wants to know when their children are hurting, we honor our Creator when we bring these things to Him. My prayer as I often read through these posts is that He will bring His peace over each soul that is crying out. Jim @thankful
@hopefull33250- Hear hear. I am not a person of faith, at least as most people know it, but I am well read and have a lot of friends who are of different faiths. I have never heard that, " I'll just wait for God to decide what is right for me" and have never seen anything come of it. We have to work for ourselves, take care of ourselves and heal ourselves as much as we can. No one is so special that they don't have to do this. Also, some people have a very tough life. Or, for some people, life is very hard. We all have to decide what kind of life we want, especially as adults. I don't think that we have any right to expect more than trying to make things better. But try, that we have to do.
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@hopeful33250 Very nicely said......
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