Why doesn't Jesus heal me?

[TheNeutral]

Note that this question isn’t asking “why doesn’t Jesus heal?”. I know Jesus has healed, and that He has the power to heal, however I particularly have never received any form of healing whatsoever from Jesus Christ. Whether it be a papercut, or something more severe, Jesus never intervenes. I know He hears me, I know Mary and Joseph hear me, alongside all of the other saints, and yet not a single snowflake falls in the sky for my sake. If I were in a ditch and my Savior was directly above me, I’m honestly unsure if He’d rescue me. It just feels so saddening and disappointing that He never heals me. I’m planning on fasting in hopes that this does something (pray that I can maintain it), however the chances are seeming very slim.

So, with that said, why do you think Jesus never heals me? Am I in a state of grave sin? Have I been cursed, etc etc? What reasons does Jesus usually ignore people for? Why does He even do this? I feel as though everything I have in life I got it on my own, and I hate it. I want to truly have faith that I achieved everything through and with God. I want to be reliant on Him and give Him glory, but if I were to tell you that I genuinely believe Christ has been helping me, I’d be a liar. Thank you.

God Bless.

 

[steve-b]

Note that this question isn’t asking “why doesn’t Jesus heal?”. I know Jesus has healed, and that He has the power to heal, however I particularly have never received any form of healing whatsoever from Jesus Christ.

just thinking out loud, you know that how?

TheNeutral:

Whether it be a papercut, or something more severe, Jesus never intervenes. I know He hears me, I know Mary and Joseph hear me, alongside all of the other saints, and yet not a single snowflake falls in the sky for my sake. If I were in a ditch and my Savior was directly above me, I’m honestly unsure if He’d rescue me. It just feels so saddening and disappointing that He never heals me. I’m planning on fasting in hopes that this does something (pray that I can maintain it), however the chances are seeming very slim.

So, with that said, why do you think Jesus never heals me? Am I in a state of grave sin? Have I been cursed, etc etc? What reasons does Jesus usually ignore people for? Why does He even do this? I feel as though everything I have in life I got it on my own, and I hate it. I want to truly have faith that I achieved everything through and with God. I want to be reliant on Him and give Him glory, but if I were to tell you that I genuinely believe Christ has been helping me, I’d be a liar. Thank you.

God Bless.

Whatever we suffer in this life (which in eternity isn’t even as long as a blink) is nothing compared to being on the wrong side of things in eternity.

Jesus made it possible for us to go to heaven and avoid hell. THAT’S healing beyond anyone’s imagination. Be sure to take advantage of all that He already did, and don’t ignore it or fail to acknowledge it.

 

[Maximilian75]

Because it is His will.

Why didn’t he heal Saint Faustina and allow her to continue to reveal Divine Mercy?

Why didn’t he heal Lazarus, even though He wept for him, the same as he weeps for you?

Offer up your suffering for greater unity with Christ, and rejoice that you are unified with Him through this.

 

[0Scarlett_nidiyilii]

Hugs because you sound so hurting
Direct physical miraculous healings are not the norm. That’s why they’re called miracles.
Of course that’s not much comfort for you right now.
Part of the spiritual walk is understanding that what we are on IS a spiritual walk. Our world is fallen and sucky stuff happens, and we learn to live with this knowledge.
Of course we’re not entirely helpless. We have brains to learn about science and medicine and we also have hearts to uplift our fellow human beings who are suffering, by walking alongside them and giving encouragement.
But at the end of the day, there is suffering here. Whether you are a believer in a God or not, suffering is real.
We Christians believe this world is not the end of the story.
ray:t2:ray:t2:ray:t2: for you. Your walk isn’t easy.

 

[Seagull]

What’s exactly wrong with you, may I ask…that you need the cure from ?

 

[TheLittleLady]

You seem to think along the lines of a “health and wealth/prosperity Gospel” protestant.

Every time you go to Confession, you have received healing.

Jesus never once promised we would not have physical ailments, illnesses or injuries. What He did promise is that we can have peace in the midst of ailments, illnesses or injuries.

 

[DeniseNY]

OP, I’m so sorry you’re feeling this way. I struggle with some of the same issues due to a chronic health issue. I’ve started to speak regularly to my pastor and I’ve found it incredibly helpful. If you could do the same - find a good spiritual director - I think it would be of immense help to you.

 

[0Scarlett_nidiyilii]

I am so, so sorry that you are going through this season of pain We can really feel like we’re abandoned by God sometimes.

Just so I get a better sense, is your pain physical, emotional or social? I don’t need details. Just trying to get a better sense of where you’re coming from.

ray:t2:ray:t2:ray:t2: very much for you

 

[JanetF]

Why can’t I just pay the price in Purgatory? I’d rather be in Purgatory for 1,000 years than suffer on Earth for a second, because I’ve realized that I will never get this type of life on Earth back. Once I die, my living conditions will forever change, so even if this life is but a blink, I will remember that blink in Heaven for all eternity, and I will never be able to get those experiences back, so please pray that I suffer in Purgatory instead. I am tired. I don’t want anything to do with this “suffering union”, I just want to live a better life, then I’ll pay any extra fines I have to in the afterlife. It could even be argued that our Earthly lives are more consequential, as they not only determine our eternal fate, but can never be regained. If I die in grace I’ll have all eternity to do whatever I need to, so I can wait.

I think you are misunderstanding the purpose of our earthly lives. It’s a test. If you accept God, you pass (in very simplistic terms). Even with all the trials that he puts in front of you, if you are humble and accept his will for your life on earth, you will be rewarded with a life in heaven that is exponentially better than the best life on earth.

I don’t know what trials you are faced with. I can’t explain why some people face more trials and suffering than other people do. I can only tell you that God is in charge, and relying on him always is your best bet.

You might want to do some research into redemptive suffering, Mother Angelica spoke a lot about this, you could google the phrase and her name and probably find a treasure of things to read.

I hope you find peace!

 

[TheNeutral]

Jesus never once promised we would not have physical ailments, illnesses or injuries. What He did promise is that we can have peace in the midst of ailments, illnesses or injuries.

But why does He go out of His way to heal some but turn His head to others? How come I am somehow more unworthy than they? Even beyond illnesses, I hardly ever get anything good from Him regardless.

OP, I’m so sorry you’re feeling this way. I struggle with some of the same issues due to a chronic health issue. I’ve started to speak regularly to my pastor and I’ve found it incredibly helpful. If you could do the same - find a good spiritual director - I think it would be of immense help to you.

Thank You.

Heck, just remember Jesus! God’s own Son had to die a horrible, humiliating, and excruciating (literally) death. We even see that Jesus prayed that he wouldn’t have to do that, but God’s answer was still “no.” Jesus still had to suffer. He was innocent of the crime he was accused of, and he was crucifixed (which was considered a cursed way to die) by hypocrites. Does this mean that God hated Jesus?

But Jesus suffered environmentally. If Jesus had a home and wasn’t on a cross He’d be set, my suffering, however, follows me, I never get a day of “rest” from my pain. I’d gladly be betrayed, beaten, and crucified for a period over suffering constantly any day of the week. Jesus doesn’t know what it’s like to suffer how I do, and He never will, nor does it really concern Him as “If believe, [I’m] going to Heaven anyway.”

I think you are misunderstanding the purpose of our earthly lives. It’s a test. If you accept God, you pass (in very simplistic terms). Even with all the trials that he puts in front of you, if you are humble and accept his will for your life on earth, you will be rewarded with a life in heaven that is exponentially better than the best life on earth.

I have to suffer to make it into Heaven yet Joe gets to eat Potato Chips and get the same yield for his dollar? How come some people get to finesse their way into Heaven while I have to suffer? It’s not like it means anything. Once (if) I become a saint I’ll just be rendered inert in the “Church Triumphant” anyways.

I don’t know what trials you are faced with. I can’t explain why some people face more trials and suffering than other people do. I can only tell you that God is in charge, and relying on him always is your best bet.

Chances are that God’s using me as a means to strengthen your faith, which, as ridiculous as it sounds, isn’t beyond Him. I cannot count the number of times God has used my desperation to “teach” others how not to be. Keep in mind that God only ignores me, not the people around me.

 

[TheNeutral]

Second, I think you misunderstand the purpose of this life. This life on earth is not meant to be the most important life we have. That would be Heaven. Our life on Earth is for the purpose of choosing God or not-God. It is a test, a chance for growth to have more of a capacity to love. Just because you will not get this exact earthly life back as you had before, that’s not really saying much… especially when we consider that our life in Heaven would be far more glorious and important.

I won’t be able to do half the things I can do here in Heaven. I am only capable of doing one good thing on this Earth, and I will lose that thing forever once I die. No matter if I go to Heaven or Hell, I will never be able to be the person I am on this Earth, and relatively speaking, I am far more important here than I’ll ever be in Heaven.

As a matter of fact, suffering is inherently part of this life. It’s part of the test. Nobody foregoes suffering here. Do not feel as though you are anything special because you suffer; all of us suffer, albeit some of us more than others

Why? Why is it that Mother Theresa, giving all of herself–suffers and gets jack yet Juan Diego who lives in a hut in Mexico gets to see the Queen of Heaven? How come St. Therese Lisieux gave Her heart out to God and got nothing, but literally atheists and prost!tutes (I kid you not) have seen and heard Our Lord? Why is it that a psychopath’s prayers can be answered immediately, yet Christs’ own devotees get ignored. Why does God treat His own followers like fodder? He simply doesn’t care. Jesus Christ loved us unto death, but He never said anything about post-death. It is evident now that God and Jesus honestly couldn’t care less whether you existed or didn’t, and I don’t even know what the Holy Spirit’s supposed to be doing, because He’s never worked through my life, and this is coming from someone who had a valid baptism. I feel more and more spiteful and evil every day, and not once has Christ intervened.

 

[tweedlealice]

Precious Child of God,
The rain (illnesses) will fall on the good, bad and the ugly. So, we get sick. God is! God heals! What is the equation to receive healings?
We live in a Natural world and a Supernatural world. Some things can be fixed in the Natural world. Miracles happen in the Natural world.
ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE. SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND. KNOCK AND THE DOOR WILL OPEN.
ASK AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU, PRESSED DOWN AND RUNNING OVER.
…YOUR FATHER WISHES TO GIVE YOU GOOD GIFTS…
BY YOUR STRIPES, WE ARE HEALED!!
So, why are we not healed??
Every step in life is a learning lesson. It is a learning lesson for us or those around us.
Lessons will direct us to soul lessons. We need to grow up spiritually. Physical goals are not that important to God. Our Souls are!
There is REDEMTIVE SUFFERING!
Ouch! We will not be healed! We ARE to think of Holy things. We are Prayer Warriors! Pray for family, Souls in Purgatory, WORLD PEACE!
Pray for Doctors and Nurses.
The answer to prayers are not a set plan.
The answer is aligned in TRUST! I have a problem w thinking that my Dad, will fix this b/c He loves me now… is spoiled. Scripture tells us to pray and expect an answer. The answers can be YES, NO, and MAYBE OR WAIT!
So, we pray.We watch w expectation. We ask, what am I to learn from this situation?
Do we have to be broken and face flat to the floor? Is capturing that BLESSED ASSURANCE knowing that it WILL BE DONE, is that the trick?
He has blessed me w some miracles. Thank You, Jesus!! He saved my marriage!! That was a big one.
Essentially, I don’t know how to get 100% Answers. Sincerity is important. Selflessness is good.
In Christ’s Love
Tweedlealice

 

[guanophore]

I particularly have never received any form of healing whatsoever from Jesus Christ.

The truth is that you may not even be aware of His healing work in you and for you.

Jesus never intervenes

On the contrary, He ALWAYS intervenes. All things work to the good of those who love Him. Sometimes we don’t get what we think we should get.

not a single snowflake falls in the sky for my sake

And how do you know that, exactly? Would you expect it to have your name on it?

If I were in a ditch and my Savior was directly above me, I’m honestly unsure if He’d rescue me.

That is not a problem, since His idea of rescue is not the same as yours. If you are in the boat with Jesus, it really does not matter if you drown. That is why it is silly to yell at Him saying “don’t you care if we drown?!” Of course He cares, but if you do drown, and you are in the boat with Him, then He will take you to a better place.

It just feels so saddening and disappointing that He never heals me.

The vast majority of sadness and disappointment is fostered by these exact erroneous ideas. Thinking wrong thoughts is contrary to God’s plan for us, and the more we foster wrong thinking, the more depressed we usually get.

I’m planning on fasting in hopes that this does something (pray that I can maintain it), however the chances are seeming very slim.

Fasting is an excellent spiritual discipline and is always helpful. It will serve you better if you can pray as Jesus did in the Garden.

Luke 22:42
“Father, if thou art willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.”

So, with that said, why do you think Jesus never heals me? Am I in a state of grave sin?

You are suffering from a cognitive distortion, unrealistic expectations, and a misunderstanding of the nature of Divine healing.

None of us can determine if you are in a state of grave sin, or not, but nothing you have said here would indicate that. Having a bent mindset is not a form of willful disobedience. It is more often a result of ignorance.

Have I been cursed, etc etc?

If you were ever cursed, then the curse was broken in baptism. Sin no longer has power over you. If you have been cursed since then, going to confession will restore you to life and a right relationship with God.

Why does He even do this?

It seems clear He is trying to get you to change the way you think and feel, and to have a better relationship with Him.

I were to tell you that I genuinely believe Christ has been helping me, I’d be a liar.

And what would you find convincing?

 

[guanophore]

I’d also like to add, as a separate note from the post I previously posted

You know you can click on that little pen and edit your previous post.

 

[OsculeturMeOsculo]

The sufferings of Purgatory are worse than anything here on Earth.

 

[guanophore]

I am tired. I don’t want anything to do with this “suffering union”,

This is the sign of a person who has been relying on self, rather than God.

I just want to live a better life, then I’ll pay any extra fines I have to in the afterlife.

you seem to have a very worldly concept of what it means to “have a better life”. The best life we can have here is to walk with Jesus. When we seek first the Kingdom, everything else is added to us.

If I die in grace

How can you possibly expect to do that when you are out of step with what God is calling you to do? Don’t you realize that suffering is intended to help us change our direction?

At least in Atheism I don’t have a God to be disappointed in, nor a brother (Jesus) who evidently couldn’t care less about me.

This is true. Which brings to mind the question, why would you be concerned about spending an eternity with someone who you think does not care about you?

Being Christian means that I have to accept that I have a God who is all loving and omnipotent, and He doesn’t give a about me.

No. This is not Christianity. This pile of emanates from the abode of the Evil One, who is trying to rob you of your birthright as a Christian.

I know that I have a high calling, but why should I be expected to fulfill it when neither God nor my Guardian Angel ever protect me from the Devil’s attacks?

Perhaps you do not realize that the devil attacks even more those who pursue their high calling.

Why should I devote my life to a God who evidently couldn’t care less?

I don’t think you can. If you won’t change your attitude, it is unlikely you will persist in faith.

 

[guanophore]

Why should I go above and beyond if Jesus won’t even come visit me?

This statement would seem to indicate you have rejected His visits. Your other statements would seem to confirm that.

Even in grace, I’m alone and abandoned

This sounds like someone who has a grave number of bent ideas about God and Christianity.Not only that, it is emotional reasoning!

It’s also disappointing. MT is infinitely holier than me, and yet God ditched her just like me.

I think what you are saying when you assert that God “ditched” mother teresa is that she did not get emotional or spiritual consolations?

Would God start listening to me if I rejected Him?

Since you have already rejected what He has said to you, then I think it is safe to assume that your current experience is an answer to that question.

This does give me an idea though. If you have any enemies who are praying for something, ask me to pray for them, that way their prayers won’t get answered because God f***** hates me. That’s the only thing I’m good for right now.

It sure sounds like you are in a funk, and feeling sorry for yourself, as well as being angry with God.

You remind me of the paralytic by the pool. Jesus asked if he wanted to be healed and he had all kinds of reasons why it couldn’t happen.

But why does He go out of His way to heal some but turn His head to others?

This question is based on an erroneous assumption. God has not turned His head from you.

How come I am somehow more unworthy than they?

We are all unworthy. If we got what we deserved, we would all burn in the Pit. People are left with suffering because their soul needs it to be perfected.

I hardly ever get anything good from Him regardless.

Clearly you do not recognize that all you are, and all you have, came from Him.

But Jesus suffered environmentally. If Jesus had a home and wasn’t on a cross He’d be set,

This is a gross misunderstanding of the sufferings of Christ.

my suffering, however, follows me, I never get a day of “rest” from my pain. I

I recommend a change of thinking most immediately.

Jesus doesn’t know what it’s like to suffer how I do, and He never will, nor does it really concern Him

This statement has three false premises.

 

[guanophore]

“If believe, [I’m] going to Heaven anyway.”

It doesn’t sound to me like you have saving faith.

I have to suffer to make it into Heaven yet Joe gets to eat Potato Chips and get the same yield for his dollar? How come some people get to finesse their way into Heaven while I have to suffer?

You appear to be compounding your problem with an attitude of entitlement.

I cannot count the number of times God has used my desperation to “teach” others how not to be.

Yes, I can see your point here.

Keep in mind that God only ignores me, not the people around me.

Another false premise.

I am far more important here than I’ll ever be in Heaven.

Have you considered it may be time to give up your earthly importance?

Why is it that Mother Theresa, giving all of herself–suffers and gets jack

I think you must be speaking of worldly pleasures?

How come St. Therese Lisieux gave Her heart out to God and got nothing

I don’t believe she sees it this way.

yet Christs’ own devotees get ignored

Honestly, you don’t sound like a devotee. You sound like an angry, rebellious, entitled child.

He simply doesn’t care.

This is what I mean about not appearing to be having a saving faith.

Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

A person cannot please God, unless one believes He rewards those who seek Him.

It is evident now that God and Jesus honestly couldn’t care less whether you existed or didn’t,

It sounds very much like Satan has been whispering into your ear so much that his lies are starting to come out your own mouth.

I don’t even know what the Holy Spirit’s supposed to be doing, because He’s never worked through my life,

You certainly do seem to have a hefty set of blinders.

I don’t even know what the Holy Spirit’s supposed to be doing, because He’s never worked through my life, and this is coming from someone who had a valid baptism.

The grace of baptism can only function if you cooperate with it.

I feel more and more spiteful and evil every day, and not once has Christ intervened.

Yes, I would suggest an immediate change of mind.

 

[TheLittleLady]

I won’t be able to do half the things I can do here in Heaven.

Have you done much study of what we know about heaven?

Here are a couple of articles (Dr Kreeft has written a very good book about Heaven as well)

http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics-more/35-faqs_eternity.htm

http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics/heaven.htm

I’d also suggest the book “A Travel Guide to Heaven”, you can pick up a used copy on Amazon for a couple of bucks https://www.amazon.com/Travel-Guide-Heaven-Anthony-DeStefano-ebook/dp/B000FBJAQ4

 

[JanetF]

I have to suffer to make it into Heaven yet Joe gets to eat Potato Chips and get the same yield for his dollar? How come some people get to finesse their way into Heaven while I have to suffer? It’s not like it means anything. Once (if) I become a saint I’ll just be rendered inert in the “Church Triumphant” anyways.

How do you know for sure that Joe eating Potato Chips has no suffering? You can’t know this. Every single person on the earth has issues/suffers in some way. Some may seem to get off easier than others, but I believe it only seems that way. Joe Schmo may have an easy live at one time in his life, but suffer greatly later. You may suffer a lot now, but have little to no suffering later in your life. It’s imperative that you stop comparing yourself to others and just deal with your own struggles. By constantly comparing yourself to others, you are making things worse for yourself.