Psalm 41:3 (NIV) The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness.
Psalm 103:2-5 (NIV) Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits-- 3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Every sick person is faced with the problem of the meaning of things.... "What is God saying to me through this?" is their constant question. That is the meaning of things. It is to ask myself what God is saying through that star that I am looking at, through this friend who is speaking to me, through this difficulty that is holding me up, or through this trouble that befalls me. Once awake to this way of thinking, one discovers the true savor of life. Everything becomes throbbing with interest.
Paul Tournier (1898-1986)
