Healing the sick
I believe, as Scott Peck did, that most illnesses & other physical conditions are psychosomatic & deeply spiritual. To truly get well, the person must undergo a spiritual (or psychic) transformation, in which he or she accepts, on the deepest level possible, forgiveness & salvation & the love of the God of Love. Understanding “salvation” as healing, as salve for our wounds, applies here.
The healing/salvation doesn’t have to mean the person is completely cured of all illness or deformity. In our mission as Jesus’s followers, many times all we can do is demonstrate God’s love & acceptance by loving & accepting & helping the afflicted ourselves; if they feel loved & accepted even momentarily, they will in that small way have had a taste of salvation.
So it’s up to us as Christians to never tire, never cease carrying out our mission of active & radical love & healing.
