Many miracles of the Lord involved healings of demon possession. Mary Magdalene ((Luke 8:2) the demon possessed boy (Matt 17:18) and many others.
Did demons/evil spirits actually control the minds of these people? Were these evil spirits just a product of the 1st century, perhaps to show how the Lord was able to heal and comfort those in distress?
Today, we might not call them demons but I can vouch for the hopelessness of mental depression and anxiety.
Having survived a recent knee surgery, I am healing nicely. The physical therapy is painful and lengthy. I need to do it twice a day in order to stretch the muscles and ligaments in my knee. But the real problem with my recovery has been the terrible trauma of depression and anxiety, common after surgery. Mine is manifested in extreme nausea.
I am now on the mend………thanks to many praying friends and medication,
It is so simple to say. “Think positively; count your blessings; just get over it; focus on something else.” I said the same before this hit me. I now have a new empathy for mental illness. Hopelessness and despair are the product of such an illness.
No wonder there are so many miracles of these healings in scripture. The Lord was the healer and He still is.
God has given us special help. Some are healed instantly, some gradually, and some through the gift of medicine.
When sin entered the world, what follows is death and suffering. But hope is coming.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. (Rev 21:4)
AbideLines 