Whether it’s illness (cancer, stroke, unexplained sickness, chronic pain); whether it’s the death of someone we love (parent, child, sibling, friend); whether it’s persecution, opposition, or enmity; whether it’s anxiety, doubt, depression—here’s what we know: Jesus is able to fix this. He’s omnipotent. We know he could fix anything, if he so chose. In his compassion, Jesus has fixed these sorts of things for others. He did heal the blind man. He did heal the official’s son. That’s what Mary and Martha want. And that’s what we want too. Jesus loves me. And yet, the illness is still here, the
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