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> >Was I that much of a sinner before P.D. that God felt he must inflict me with >an illness as horrible as this one, for me to endure, in his name, and be >saved? >Perhaps. >Jacob Drollinger Perhaps not. Life happens. The rain falls on the just and the unjust. The entire book of Job was devoted to suffering. At the end of the book, the message is clear - God does not punish us with illness because of our sinfulness - Job was an entirely righteous man. The Creator of the universe does not look kindly upon 'Job's comforters' for implying that his actions caused his affliction I doubt, Jacob, that you are any different than Job. Suffering with PD is terrible - I've watched my husband endure this disease for almost 20 years now. But my husband does not look forward to death - he looks forward to life, and in doing so he brings joy to his children and to me - to say nothing of everyone else who knows him. If you have faith, then you understand that God gives you the grace to persevere despite PD. Why you have been afflicted is not the question. How you will give glory to God through your pain is. ---- God bless Mary Ann