When Healing Doesn’t Come

October 28, 2026

Holding On to Hope in a World of Suffering

By Beverly Ward

This one is dedicated to my beloved husband, Bruce—who, though non-ambulatory with advanced MS, is scaling the highest places with Jesus, step by surrendered step.

By His wounds we are healed.

It’s a promise we cling to, especially when life hurts. Isaiah 53:5 is often quoted in hospital rooms, whispered in prayers, and etched on hearts that ache for relief. And it’s true—beautifully, powerfully true.

But what happens when the healing doesn’t come? When the diagnosis doesn’t change, the pain persists, or the grief lingers long past what others consider “normal”?

(Read the article here.)