Elisha cures Naaman, the Syrian of his leprosy. Here's an imaginative aftermath of the event...
Many of the lepers in Israel hear of Naaman's cure and rush to the Jordan to take a dip. Some wash themselves more than 7 times. Some do it for 7 days continuously. None of them are healed. (Don't ask me why!). Some go to Elisha and ask him to heal them too of their leprosy. To each he prescribes a different course of action - all of which often take many days of perseverance and continued effort by the 'patient'. Of these most give up very soon, because nothing of the sort that happened to Naaman is happening to them. Of the few who continue being faithful to the 'prescriptions' of Elisha, not all are optimism. As time goes by and no healing happening, they begin to lose hope. Only the most adamant and the most distressed, 'hell-bent' on getting rid of the disease continue and are ultimately healed. But by this time, Elisha has moved on. Those who were watching all this, hawk-eyed, have long got bored and gone on to find something more 'instantaneous' to amuse themselves with. And those handful who actually are cured as now not so sure that it is only the 'prescription' of Elisha that has worked.
Many of the lepers in Israel hear of Naaman's cure and rush to the Jordan to take a dip. Some wash themselves more than 7 times. Some do it for 7 days continuously. None of them are healed. (Don't ask me why!). Some go to Elisha and ask him to heal them too of their leprosy. To each he prescribes a different course of action - all of which often take many days of perseverance and continued effort by the 'patient'. Of these most give up very soon, because nothing of the sort that happened to Naaman is happening to them. Of the few who continue being faithful to the 'prescriptions' of Elisha, not all are optimism. As time goes by and no healing happening, they begin to lose hope. Only the most adamant and the most distressed, 'hell-bent' on getting rid of the disease continue and are ultimately healed. But by this time, Elisha has moved on. Those who were watching all this, hawk-eyed, have long got bored and gone on to find something more 'instantaneous' to amuse themselves with. And those handful who actually are cured as now not so sure that it is only the 'prescription' of Elisha that has worked.
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