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Originally Posted by Timmy
When I and hundreds of others asked God to heal my brother of cancer, I guess He just didn't want to. Anyone here going to thank Him for that unanswered prayer?
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Timothy, after having experienced the deaths of 2 brothers (1 older, 1 younger) to the effects of cancer within the past 19 months, I guess it is possible for me to understand why you would entertain such a question. Believe me, I prayed many, many times for their healing, yet it never came for either of them. Was it God’s fault that things failed to materialize as I had hoped and prayed for? Not at all! Why then were they not healed? Well, could it be because of their lack of faith in God’s ability, or willingness, to give them such healing, and not the fact that I had asked Him to do it for them? Perhaps, but it is not within my right to question God, and I won’t. Do I wish it had been different for them? Of course, but I am not angry with God because it didn’t happen.
The manner in which I consider this is that I did what I believed was required of me; I asked, but recognize that death is an event we must all experience, some sooner or later than others. Their encounter with death just happened to come before mine, and so I must accept it in that manner.
Just my thoughts for what they might be worth.
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