There Was A Sad Thing I Saw When I Was In ...

There was a sad thing I saw when I was in Culion, Palawan. Yes, the multi-drug therapy or MDT cures people of leprosy. In fact a foundation made sure that people in Culion received the MDT. So, everyday they make the patients line up and gave it to them. But I noticed that after the patients placed the MDT in their mouths, the doctors would ask them to open their mouths to check if they really swallowed the medicine. Why? They found out that the patients would spit it out once they got out of the clinic.

They want to remain infected with leprosy. The people in Culion loves to solicit money from people here and abroad. They were mendicants. Donations pour in from all over the world. In fact, the Postmaster General told me that though Culion is a small island, the amount of mail they receive is like that of a big municipality. The money will stop once they became clean from leprosy. There were even reports that parents would contaminate their children with the disease to keep the financial support flowing. Because of money, they want to remain lepers for life.

It’s the same way when it comes to the spiritual cure. People refuse to accept the Lord Jesus as Savior. They do not want to give up their sins. They do not want to change their lifestyle. They do not want to surrender their lives. They hold on the curse. They refuse the cure. If only they knew that we need the cure because of the curse, that the cure is much greater than the curse and the cure reversed the curse.