This life is like lamp oil. The burning of an oil lamp depends entirely on the person who cares for the lamp. In the same way, our health or illnesses are directed by the will or permission of God exclusively. Therefore, whoever truly commits himself to the will of God will cheerfully submit to its precepts. Such a person, like a flame that always strives heavenward, turns with hope in all situations to God, the Creator of all, with prayer:
"Lord! I thank You with my whole heart for all that You send me. If it pleases You to preserve me in health, I thank You. If You desire to cover me with sores, to live many years in the throes of illness, to nail me to the bed of sickness, let Your will be done. I eagerly agree with everything You send me. If it pleases You, then it must also be pleasing to me."
St. John of Tobolsk(The Sunflower)
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