Marked for Life

 

오늘의 묵상 (약5:13~16)

 

 

13. 여러분 가운데 고난당하는 사람이 있다면 기도하십시오. 즐거운 사람이 있다면 찬송하십시오.

 

14. 병든 자가 있습니까? 교회의 장로들을 불러 주님의 이름으로 그에게 기름을 바르며 그를 위해 기도하게 하십시오.

 

15. 믿음을 가지고 하는 기도는 병든 사람을 낫게 할 것입니다. 주님께서 그를 치료해 주실 것입니다. 만일 그가 죄를 지었더라도 , 그를 용서해 주실 것입니다.

 

16. 서로 죄를 고백하며, 병 낫기를 위해 서로 기도해 주십시오. 의로운 사람이 기도할 때, 큰 역사가 일어납니다.

 

 

 

 

Marked for Life

 

 

And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well. (James 5:15)

 

 

With her head BOWED and eyes closed she clung to her Bible. We silently prayed while we sat in the emergency waiting room. My friend's brother's heart had stopped, and he was in a coma. The doctors warned that there may be brain damage. We were allowed five-minute visitations every hour.

 

I gasped when I saw his enormous, swollen head. A maze of tubes and electronic devices monitored his condition, and a respirator supported his lungs.

 

I called the pastor. “We just have to pray and have faith,” she announced. I did not respond.

 

Viewing his condition from my nursing background, my hope faded. I was sure I knew the outcome, though I was careful not to communicate my thoughts to my friend.

 

“Stop talking like that! We have to have faith!” she lashed out at a sister who spoke out forecasts of doom.

 

When the minister arrived, we stood around the bed and together petitioned God.

 

I was amazed when, the next day, he awoke from his coma alert and without brain damage.

 

God did not tell us to assess the prognosis before praying the prayer of faith. The severity of the illness is not an issue when God marks someone for life.

 

—Jeri Darby

 

 

No matter what circumstances look like—pray.