| Prescription for intolerance |
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| Written by Uncle Luther |
| Sunday, 10 October 2010 22:55 |
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Ever notice how most Christians shun the use of any type of medication? It doesn’t matter if you’re taking a pill for anxiety, a cholesterol problem, a treatment for a chronic illness or medication for an upset stomach, most church-people are going to urge you to leave the medicine behind. They may not say it directly, but they’re certainly going to direct their prayers in small group in such a way that you and everyone else are aware that medication is evil and we should all strive to be free from it. In response to your earnest prayer request, some pink-polo-shirt-wearing pansy might pray: “Lord, we lift up Brother Luther tonight and ask that you would help him— Lord— break free of the ailment he has opened up to us about. We would ask— Father— that— Lord— you would— Father— grant him the ability— Father— to rely solely on you and not on doctors or medications – Father— that he would be fully sustained by you… blah, blah, blah, Amen.” Hogwash. Pure hogwash. These crazies seem to believe that if you just believe the right way, if you just pray the right way or if you would only have a little more faith, God will handle any illness or disease. They want to blame the sufferer for their suffering, when throughout Scripture we find that suffering builds and molds a follower of Christ into the person God has planned for them to be. Yet, we see Christian after Christian in the modern church acting as if illness is a symptom of a lack of faith and medication is a sign that one has given up on God. Who is the weaker brother? The one who is struggling and learning that faith in Christ isn’t always a pretty picture and isn’t black and white, or the one who is condemning without having to walk down a dark road? |
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