Think of the practical problems that would arise if everyone who was prayed for was miraculously healed. Not only would that selectively suspend natural law, but it would also cheapen the concept of the miraculous. Death is a natural result of physical laws, yet it is not the gauge for the success or failure of prayer. I saw a bumper sticker that read, “Eat healthy. Exercise daily. Die anyway!” That is a cynical way of viewing life, but it is steeped in truth. I’m reminded of the man who died and went to heaven. Once there, it was more magnificent than he ever imagined. He said to St. Peter, “What joy; what beauty! If I had known it was going to be this great, I would have come here years earlier.”
St. Peter replied, “You would have if you hadn’t eaten so many of those bran flakes!”
I am convinced that a person can physically die and yet be healed. Acceptance of this concept relies on your understanding of healing. You can be very physically ill and be healed spiritually. Dan Richardson was a devoted Christian who lost his battle with cancer at an early age. This poem was read at his funeral. The author is unknown.
Cancer is so limited. . . .It cannot cripple love,
It cannot shatter hope,
It cannot corrode faith,
It cannot eat away peace,
It cannot destroy confidence,
It cannot kill friendship,
It cannot shut out memories,
It cannot silence courage,
It cannot invade the soul
It cannot reduce eternal life,
It cannot quench the Spirit,
It cannot lessen the power of the resurrection.
Cancer took his physical body, but his spirit soared.
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