Principles of Health and Healing

Victor Paul Wierwille

This article "Principles of Health and Healing" was taken from the Heart Magazine, Volume 10, Number 4. PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH AND HEALING A Visit with Mrs. Victor Paul Wierwille Story by LewEllyn Finch HEART–Volume 10, No. 4 – page 5 and 7 I called Mrs. Wierwille, as Staff members at The Way International headquarters often do when faced with sickness or questions about health. I knew that many went to Mrs. Wierwille because of her simple, practical insight into God’s Word and belief in His power to heal. Now I needed help. “Since I was a child, I’ve had a real interest in people being well,” says Mrs. Victor Paul Wierwille, First Lady of The Way International. “That’s why I became a nurse.” Mrs. Wierwille received her R.N. degree from Deaconess Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, and practiced three years of general duty before her family and the work of the ministry claimed most of her time. She maintains her registered status and is active in the field of health care within the ministry. She combines practical knowledge with an understanding of the spiritual enablements God has given her and His will concerning healing. Sitting in the soft lamplight of her living room, Mrs. Wierwille asks what’s bothering me. She asks questions and lets me talk. Then she shares the simplicity of God’s Word and will and gives me practical suggestions, emphasized by incidents from her experience in ministering to others. She calls in Louise McGlothen, her housekeeper of over seventeen years, and the three of us hold hands while Mrs. Wierwille prays for me. She gives me a warm hug, and her final exhortation is, “Keep a merry heart.” She repeats this whenever we see each other in the weeks to follow. I know God’s will for me is health. Even so, sometimes I don’t feel healthy. Knowing what is available from God, I tend to feel like a failure when I don’t manifest that perfect health. Mrs. Wierwille often helps to correct this kind of thinking as she works with believers who need deliverance.