if I prayed more, i would be healed!!

I have neurofibromatosis, this is a genitic condition that cause tumor to grow anywhere in or on my body. I have had many operations to removed this tumors and have almost died a few times. people kept telling me that they were praying for me and I would just smile and say thank you. But what really really pissed me off was this lady who said "if you just believed in God more, you would not be ill!" Yeah right! Donna R 277/150-ish

Oh man, that's the worst kind!! I hope it's not getting to you, it doesn't seem like it is. That sort of thing makes me angry. Those people have no idea what their god will or won't do for them but they always come up with some kind of "explanation" to connect god to whatever ends up happening. If you were religious and your health improved, that would be god hearing your prayers. If you weren't healed that would be god's will and it's not in his "timing" for you or his "plan"... sheesh! Personally, I find greater comfort in the fact that there isn't some man in the sky pulling the strings on my life and manipulating me to his whim. Sometimes bad things will happen and I will do my best to deal with them! Victimhood is in your mind and you CAN be strong enough to handle whatever life throws at you! For me, my weight was my.. dare I say it.. cross to bear for my entire life. I struggled and fought and never conquered it. It made me depressed and had a negative impact on virtually every aspect of my life. Surgery was the answer I'd been waiting for my whole life and I worked two long years to get insurance approval. Now I'm doing everything I can to make the most of the opportunity I've been handed. I hope you can find an answer for yourself for all that you are dealing with, Donna. Take care my fellow Don(n)a sister!