[metmom]

God told Paul that His grace was sufficient for his sufferings, his thorn in the flesh.

Paul advised Timothy to take a little wine for his stomach’s sake? What? Did Timothy have sin in his ,life? Generational curses? There wasn’t anyone around with the gift of healing to pray for Timothy and knock him over?

Same for Trophimus Paul left sick in Miletus? Say what?!?!?!

Paul left someone sick? The same Paul whose handkerchiefs and aprons were taken to sick people and they were healed?

The Corinthian church, the same one which had such problems with sin in its midst, was one where the gifts abounded. What happened to sin in our lives hampering healing? That blows THAT theology out of the water.

[boatbums]

Who do most people think of when the subject is patience through suffering? It's Job. He got to the point where he could say, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.”. The question we must ask ourselves is how strong is our faith? How strong is the object of our faith? Nothing is impossible with God. The conclusion we should come to is our faith should be mature enough that, EVEN IF we are not healed according to our criteria and time line, God is STILL faithful and His grace IS sufficient for us. There is great comfort in understanding this.