The psalms are remarkable for recording with brutal honesty the cries of those who are sick and suffering. The Bible knows nothing of “Pain is an illusion” or “Just don’t let it get to you” or “If you really believed with all your heart, you would get your deliverance.” These views make human will the solution. But it is not “mind over matter”—it is God over matter. God alone can restore a body or a soul to health. Not a molecule of our bodies or a faculty of our soul does its appointed job without his upholding hand. If he removes his hand, even for a moment, we face the truth we so often
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