Instead of getting better, she grew worse – that was the condition she found herself in: Jesus healed the woman with the issue of blood after an encounter with her. Concerning the woman, the Gospel writes: she had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse, Mark 5:26.
I was admitted to a mental health clinic and I was given some medication. After some time, despite the quantity and variety of the medication I was given, my condition grew worse. I could not do the things which normally I could have wanted to do, like concentrating in reading and writing. It was an evil disease.
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast to him: and now that he lieth he shall rise no more, Ps 41:8.
A young medical practitioner in the clinic said, as I overheard him, that the illness I had was incurable. But in the agony and pain and confusion, I did not believe him. The statement however did not make me to doubt God after being troubled. Rather, I believed that God would heal me.
Jesus said unto him, if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth, Mark 9:23.
I would go back to the clinic after I was discharged to visit some patients there and preach to them, believing that some day God would perfect that which he had begun in my life.
The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands, Ps 138:8.
The Lord did not forsake me. Also, at various times, prayer was made for me by pastors, prophets, and prophetesses: I was glad and I believed what was prayed for.
Sometimes, though, I would find myself in a situation in which there was no one to help but the Lord. I would cry and pray, again and again, over the illness overtime. By the grace of God, after some time I was led to the truth, and the truth made me free; the God of salvation set me free by his mercies.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free, Jn 8:32.
God loves us and is able to make us know the truth that will make us free; despite the affliction and trouble. May the Lord perfect that which concerns you and make you see his goodness and mercy; may his truth be made manifest in your life in Jesus name, Amen.