The Christian doctrine of health : a handbook on the relation of bodily to spiritual and moral health / by the author of "Pro Christo et ecclesia."

  • Dougall, L. (Lily), 1858-1923.
Date:
1916
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The Christian doctrine of health : a handbook on the relation of bodily to spiritual and moral health / by the author of "Pro Christo et ecclesia.". Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GOD’S WILL IN SICKNESS AXALYSIS A. What may we know to be God’s will in sickness ? If we may not dogmatically assert any illness to be God’s will, is there nothing in regard to it of which we can be assured ? B. Ansiver. 1. We may be assured that it is always according to the will of God that we should exercise: a. Fortitude and patience in unavoidable suffering. b. Courage and perseverance in striving to regain efficiency of life for ourselves or for others. c. Gratitude to God for all that we have of health, and for health in doctor, nurse and friends. d. Love toward God, manifested in love of all that is good in things and people. e. Faith to believe that God is Love and the giver of every good gift. 2. We may all know that, in whatever situation of life we find ourselves, God offers to us His friendship and His omnipotence to be applied to our own circumstances as we are able to receive and utilize it. This is supported by the following considerations : a. As regards moral health, the idea is familiar that we can at any time take the power from God to do right, although we sometimes fail to do so. b. This suggests that our physical limitations may not, any more than our moral limitations, be of God’s fixing, and that He is always offering us power to overcome and transcend our imperfections.