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Re: Overcoming abuse through the atonement [message #1266 is a reply to message #1252] Sat, 13 October 2012 22:57 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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That is not to say that there are not those individuals who do need them. I believe there are...according to their faith.

Jeremy, please understand this topic is very close to my heart and has been the cause of much heartache. I am very passionate on this topic, and I am trying not to let my frustration with the community at large cause my responses to your statements to exceed what they deserve. The statement above feels very judgmental to me. You are basically saying I don't have enough Faith to be healed.

I have prayed long and hard more than a hundred times with what I believe is enough faith to be healed. I have faith in Jesus and His ability to remove all kinds of illnesses and to perform miracles. It is an insult to suggest my faith is insufficient for this horrible condition to be removed. My faith is one of my strengths, and I have used it on behalf of my friends more than once to deliver them from their trials.

There are many who only need an increase in faith to be healed. It IS POSSIBLE for some who have been touched by ABUSE to be healed through faith and prayer. I fervently believe everyone should explore that route. At the same time, no amount of judgment or scripture quoting is going to convince me this is a matter of lacking faith or belief or not understanding the will of God. Instead, the path for healing for me, as well as for many many others is not a one time blessing and healing in an instant. If you believe everyone with a psychiatric illness is merely lacking faith, you are sorely mistaken and insult those of us whose hearts have been pierced with many wounds.

- Dragon

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