Healing

I know God can heal. It is head knowledge but I wonder if it has sunk into my heart. I while back I read in James 5:14 about calling on the elders of the church when we are sick. I wonder why that is so hard for me? Do I really believe that God can heal? Does not God even use Doctors, does not all knowledge come from God? I remember recently an elder explaining the verse in James as he anointed the head of a brother. There is no magic in the oil, we do this to follow scripture. I have thought about that many times since then. But why do I have difficulty with asking others to pray for me? My right elbow has been hurting for months. I know I am getting older and I can't do the things I used to do even in my late forties. Do I really believe in healing if I do not ask for it for me? I do remember a time when my leg was feeling numb. I was walking a picket line, we were on strike. I prayed about it and asked God to help me find a Chiropractor. I knew something was wrong to cause that numbness in my leg. I walked into Yardley Chiropractic and got checked out. He said he felt he could help me. I explained my situation about being on strike, I thought maybe I could get an adjustment as I probably had a pinched nerve. He explained that he wasn't a Chiropractor like I'd been to before. What was causing the numbness took a long time to get that bad. The healing would not happen overnight. He was an upper cervical Chiropractor, but if I would come in for every adjustment he asked for, he would carry me thru the strike. I went with it simply because I had prayed about it and trusted that it was God's answer to that prayer. I'm glad I did, years later I am still in good health. The numbness went away after a period of time, but it wasn't overnight. I will never go to a regular chiropractor again. I believe all knowledge is given by God. But now back to my original question, Why do I find it difficult to ask others to pray for me? The elders of my church for example. I am sure God can heal, and his word does say to call on the elders and anoint with oil. The next verse says the prayer of faith shall save the sick.  There were times when Jesus prayed for healing for someone, he'd say "They sins are forgiven" If he can forgive sins, what is to prevent him from healing. I am not sure why I hesitate at asking for prayer for healing. It is for me the same as salvation is for me. By his stripes we are healed. Many times he healed physically and spiritually at the same time. It seems in reading about healing they are closely tied together, physical and spiritual healing. Even in James, he says "shall save the sick". Perhaps it is to point out how important spiritual healing is. I do not know all, but I believe and confess with my mouth that God is able to also heal the physical ailments as well as the spiritual. It should not be any harder to pray for physical needs than it is for spiritual needs. God is God over all our needs, Spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, financial, what ever the need, God is able. God bless, LVZ.