Opinion | The author's opinion does not necessarily reflect Sarah Palin's view.
There is a story circulating about U.S. Representative Cori Bush claiming to have performed multiple miracles as a religious faith healer.
In her autobiography, “The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America,” Bush describes instances where she believes she healed individuals with the power of God, including curing a woman of tumors and helping a young girl walk for the first time.
“As I learned how to apply God’s Word to my life in new ways, I better understood the power that was already residing in me,” Bush wrote.
“It was there, waiting for me to acknowledge it, to use it. I had the confidence to heal others with God’s power.”
“The child had had a bleed in her brain, shortly after she was born, and so couldn’t walk. She had never taken a step in her life,” Bush said. “I carried the child from the prayer room in the back of the church out into the sanctuary . . . ‘Walk,’ I said gently to the three-year-old girl, ‘you will walk.’ And this girl took her first step. Then another, and another. She walked.
“Her grandmother walked into the sanctuary just in time to see the child take about two dozen steps. She screamed, and then she kept screaming,” Bush added. “When she caught her breath, she looked at me in wonder and said ‘Praise God.’ She grabbed her granddaughter and walked with her out of the church.”
“One woman whom we met had several visible tumors on her torso. She was due to have surgery but lacked health insurance and living in the park. One of the tumors was particularly painful to her. I laid hands on her and prayed, and I felt that my hand was no longer touching a tumor. It shrank along with the others on her body.”
Such accounts detailed her experiences with faith healing and the impact she believes she had on those she prayed for.
It’s worth noting that faith healing and related practices are a deeply personal and spiritual matter for many individuals, and beliefs and interpretations about such experiences can vary widely among people and communities.
