On
Monday a colleague of mine in advocacy shared an article which was published in
The Daily Monitor last year in the Heart to Heart Magazine. It was about a lady
who was in 3 years of relationship and found out that she and her boyfriend are
sickle cell carriers. This means they have higher chances of giving birth to a
child with sickle cell disease. She was seeking for advice on whether to
proceed with the marriage when they are at risk of having babies with sickle
cell.
One
advisor who called himself Pastor Allan advised like
“Dear Vanessa, as an anointed man of God, I
speak complete healing in your situations. May God intervene by healing both of
you. None of your children shall have sickle cells in Jesus’ mighty name, Amen!
…..Change your attitude. Expect that things will be well and life will be great
no matter what doctors say. … If you can, pray about your situation and always
go for medical checkups to re examine yourself. One day, the same doctor will
say you are perfectly healed.”
Many people give advice on the topic they are
100% ignorant about. I don’t think if you are a man of God that you hold all
the wisdom.
Many people think that with prayers and
spiritual beliefs one can get cured of sickle cell. The only cure for sickle
cell disease available is a bone marrow transplant. I don’t know what is wrong
with people, someone who believe in God’s creation become blinded and think
that when you are cured through the process of bone marrow transplant it’s not
God’s work.
Yesterday I was in hospital waiting to see a
chiropractor. While waiting for my turn I got into discussion with another
patient about sickle cell disease. Because I started this program of Each one
teach one and reach one about sickle cell disease it was my perfect time. She
told of her two cousins who have sickle cell disease. I opened up about my
condition and she told me I should go and see a pastor to help with my
condition. She told me this man of God can take away my pain and she has also
seen many people with different illnesses including her son who have been cured.
She told me her son was healed but during this
healing process they never stopped giving him the medication the doctor had
given them. COMMON SENSE
I was still wondering why a person who knows
someone who cures each and every illness can come to a hospital.
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