{"id":2528,"date":"2012-09-25T21:10:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T04:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2528"},"modified":"2012-09-25T21:10:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T04:10:05","slug":"is-any-afflicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2012\/is-any-afflicted\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Any Afflicted?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I shuffled through the cemetery’s expired grass this evening — troubled — a verse fragment suddenly dashed almost furtively through my chilly, swirling cranial fog.<\/p>\n

Is any afflicted?<\/span><\/p>\n

Now where did that<\/i> come from? And what is the answer? <\/p>\n

Though I memorized the whole book in which it’s found, I no longer remember if that’s a direct quote. Perhaps there’s an “among you” in there.<\/p>\n

Neither do I remember clearly what the response is to the question. But I suspect it has to do with singing.<\/p>\n

Here. Just a minute. I’ll look it up. (It’s in the book of James somewhere. Chapter 3?)<\/p>\n

Well, I got some of all that right…<\/p>\n

“Is any among you afflicted?
\nlet him pray.
\nIs any merry?
\nlet him sing psalms.”<\/span>
\n-James 5:13<\/i><\/div>\n

I have<\/i> been praying.<\/p>\n

That verse sounds like I should keep on praying.<\/p>\n

OK.<\/p>\n

But do I need to be praying differently<\/em> somehow? (You know, some way that’s more effective…)<\/p>\n

I don’t know.<\/p>\n

Maybe this helps:<\/p>\n