Bruderhof wrote:
> It seems to be the first concern of the human spirit that the body
> quickly become well; whereas, in silence the soul should thank God
> that, in its illness, the body had more rest than in its
> health—indeed, that it again feels more life and power than it did in
> healthy days. But many people become almost angry over such a
> consolation; they are so unaccustomed to being still and considering
> their lives that they forcibly push themselves back into the
> turbulence of activity. Yet precisely in this way do they stand in the
> way of their own health at the very moment God would put them under
> spiritual restraint, because he does not want them given over to
> destruction.
>
Harm to the body is the judgment upon man’s drivenness of spirit.
Wretchedness and darkening of the soul are judgments upon the vagabond
life
of the spirit. Therefore, it is im****tant that every sick person who knows
Christ should not make it his first impatient wish to become well...
[Rather,] he should first hold back his spirit and tame its wildness so
that, through the person’s own will, Christ can truly receive him and
immediately bind him to God and his truth. That is to say, seek first the
kingdom of God and his righteousness, and then body and soul will become
healthy.
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