2 Corinthians 12:6-8 (NIV) 6 Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, 7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. I have a thorn in my flesh that I have struggled with for many years. Recently, I began reading a book on suffering that I've mentioned. My hope in reading this book was that it would help me process through this thorn and come to terms with it. This morning I read an essay in the book by J.I. Packer about this passage. The passage was addressing first the claim of many Christians that we should pray for healing and that if we are not healed, then we do not have enough faith. Pac...