The worst kind of illness.....

Michael, a man in his early 30's became incredibly ill. It didn't happen overnight, it was more of a gradual decline over a number of years. It started with small pains here and there but as time went on the pains got worse and so did his health. Every time a new pain showed up he moaned and complained. Each time the response from family and friends was "Why don't you go see a doctor?" His reply was always the same, "I'm not going to a doctor! He probably won't know what it is anyway, I'll just take care of it myself"

As the years passed the illness eventually took over his life. He was miserable all the time, his energy was gone and his quality of life was non existent. Still, even in his last days he refused to see a doctor for advice or treatment.

Towards the end, he became very bitter and angry. When family and friends asked him why he was so angry he replied "All these years I've been sick and that stupid doctor never did anything for me! I thought doctors were supposed to care about people! How can someone who just leaves me to die and lets me feel all this pain care??" His family was confused - How in the world could he be mad at someone that he never went to see? How could a doctor that he didn't even know help him? Still, the man blamed the doctor insisting that he was responsible.

The truth is, had the man just seen the doctor he could have been saved. He could have easily helped him manage his pain and given him back his life.

I see this situation all the time - not necessarily with illness but with anger, frustration, worry, and anxiety. And at the end of the day, who do we blame? God.  

 Why didn't God help us? How could he just leave us here to be miserable? 

The truth is, we never asked God for help. We never prayed, we never trusted in him, we never turned things over to him. So answer me this....How can we blame a doctor we never went to see?