“But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all…” - Mark 2:10-12, ESV

I am a firm believer that Jesus never performed a miracle for only the betterment of people’s lives. Jesus performed miracles to reassure mankind that he was divine and therefore had the power to save us. Think about it. Jesus said, “I came to seek and save the lost.” He never said, “I came to fix all of man’s problems.”

To Jesus, miracles are and always have been objectives, not goals. Salvation has always been the goal. If the objective doesn't lead to the goal, it's pointless and a waste of resources. Humans will always deal with physical ailments, poverty, injustice, unfairness, etc. That’s the consequence of living under a curse. Jesus came to remove the eternal consequences of the curse, not to fix the consequences of temporarily living in it.

So, if there is any sort of God-ordained miraculous improvement for a person, it is always for the purpose of pointing people to salvation: either them or someone else who will hear their story. If such a miraculous intervention doesn’t happen, it’s either because there is no eternal benefit to anyone in that miracle or because the unwavering faith of a Christian through that problem may accomplish the goal of Christ.

We should never view any temporary miraculous benefit as a “for-me-only” event. We should also never view the lack of one as God not being loving. God is in the business of eternal salvation, not mending all the adverse effects of living in a sinful world. See your current sufferings in the light of that truth. - Pastor Mike

BTW, I've realized that suicide would solve all my problems...if I could just get the right people to try it. (Ouch. Sorry)