From Thomas Wilder's "The Angel That Troubled the Waters"...
A physician suffering from melancholy comes to the pool (John 5:1-4) in this fictional story to be healed. The angel tells him to draw back, that the healing is not for him.
"Without your wounds where would your power be? It is your melancholy that makes your low voice tremble into the hearts of men and women. The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children on earth as can one human being broken on the wheels of living. In Love's service, only wounded soldiers can serve. Physician, draw back."
It brings to mind another verse in the Bible... "For by His wounds, we are healed." (Is. 53:5)
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