A Spiritual Journey . . .

There is no healing without forgiveness.


Many illnesses have as a lurking cause, unforgiveness.  One cause of Rheumatoid arthritis may be unforgiveness.  I knew a lady that had a very cruel husband.  When he got Alzheimers, she developed rheumatoid arthritis.  I heard about this and began praying for her.  I asked the Lord to put someone in her life that would tell her about forgiveness and its link to rheumatoid arthritis.  One day I overheard someone talk about this lady, that her hands were healed of rheumatoid arthritis.  I asked, what happened?  And I was told that on one of her many visits to the doctor, it came out about her husband's behavior toward her.  Her doctor told her, "you know, unforgiveness is a cause of rheumatoid arthritis.  She was a Catholic and she immediately stopped at the Church and prayed before the Blessed Sacrament, asking God to help her forgive - and her hands were healed.

So if you are praying for the healing of someone and it seems that your prayers are not being answered, one of the reasons may be that they need to forgive someone.  If you are not in the position to tell them that perhaps they need to forgive someone, ask the Lord to put someone in their lives that will tell them this.