[lorigood243]

I very often need words of comfort so I go looking to the Bible, poetry books, internet...So I thought I would ask you to share if you would like...your favorite meditations, verses, poems ect.

This is not meant to start a religious debate or to offend anyone. If this thread doesnt appeal to you, please just pass by it as you would any other thread you didnt want to read or reply to. I am looking for help for myself and thought maybe someone else needs the same comfort I am looking for.

As I went searching for does Prayer make a difference?
Here was what the article said:


The Difference Between a Person Who Is Sick...and a Sick Person

A patient who is sick wakes up in the morning and says ‘I have a lot to do, and it’s going to be hard because I’m sick.’ The sick patient wakes up and says ‘I cannot do anything because I’m sick.’

This is a subtle distinction, and it plays directly upon the ways psychology affects physiology. When illness becomes part of a person’s identity, rather than a transient anomaly, the condition becomes a lot harder to shake, and the person feels the symptoms more severely. You have probably met people in both situations.

How Prayer Can Help

This differentiation is where I think faith and prayer can go a long way towards helping someone to feel better. One thing I’ve noticed, is that most people of faith know that they will get better- it is a belief from which they never waver, and this knowledge sets up the psychological conditions which facilitate wellness.

Does this mean you need religion or faith to recover? Of course not. But it does underscore the need for psychological health as well as physiologic health when dealing with chronic pain. If religion is nor part of your repertoire, consider meditation or simply setting aside part of the day for relaxation or breathing exercises to reestablish a connection with your own spirituality and to promote your wellness.

Written by:

Andrew Kirschner, D.O., is a board-certified physician with a private practice in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, and a consultancy in Miami, Florida. He specializes in treating individuals and couples with musculoskeletal and back pain. To learn more about his practice, please visit BackTogether.org.



Then when i went further on my journey I found this which really spoke to me and where my Faith is. This is a Mother praying for her Son:

Father God,

You knew today that I would ask this prayer before I did. Which means the need that I bring to the throne You were aware of as well. So for me, for the opportunity to abide in You through this need, I pray...

Father, in my mind, my fleshly mind, there seems to be a proper order to life, the way things should be. But this is not true of life and I know, through Jesus' own words, that there will be trials. Father, there is a young man in our family dealing with chronic pain. His pain radiates to those who love him for they feel his pain with him.

Father, just a touch....a mere breath....from You and he would not only be pain free, but healed. OF COURSE God this is what I ask for him. But Lord, if You are working in His life through this pain, then I pray Your will be done in his life. And OF COURSE I ask that it be accomplished quickly that he won't have to cope with the pain for very long. Because the flesh is weak....I am weak. It is hard to look past the now to the Eternal. To see that every ache here in the natural could carry a Blessing in the Eternal.

Father God, Healer, Comforter, I ask You to meet every need of his spirit, mind, and body. I pray that You give him the strength to endure and the Trust to abide in You. And Father God, I ask this for others who are dealing with Chronic Pain, and whose pain radiates to those who love them. I don't have to know a name, a face, or a circumstance because I believe that You know this already. I just lift them up before the throne today too. For "my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus."

In Jesus' Holy and Precious Name I pray,

Amen


Please add your favorite words of comfort and healing thoughts.
I know it will reach out and help many of us.

Thank you for adding words of comfort and healing. If you have a prayer that has healed someone you know please share that too!
Blessings
Lori