“…Divine consciousness and Truth destroyed the symptoms”

I’d like to share a healing I had that felt very important to me this year.  On a Wednesday evening I was having dinner with a close friend and her husband.  They are expecting their first child in a couple months and so much of our conversations are around the baby and preparations, etc.  This evening my friend seemed unusually annoyed or frustrated with things, and one of them was that some of the in-laws were not getting flu vaccinations.  She asked me if I get them, and I replied no, and never had. I also wasn’t quite sure if I had ever had the flu itself. We kind of switched subjects after that and had a fine evening.

Thursday, the next day after dinner with her, I had a productive day at work until about 4pm.  At that time I was completely overtaken with a foreign feeling of symptoms that seemed like they must be flu symptoms.  I left work a little early and came home to continue reading a book I had begun a few nights before, called, “The Power of God to Heal: All the healings of the Bible…”  It is basically all the healings in the Bible from the Old and New Testament put together without any commentary.  

I recognized that this was a fear of contagion and of not vaccinating, and that it was not mine and was not hers.  Getting home and into comfy clothes, I wrapped myself in a blanket and snuggled into my reading chair and just stayed there reading until I started to feel a little better.  Eventually I went to bed, feeling about 50% better, but still not great. I had a fairly restless sleep, but every time I awoke I held on to the fact that healing is natural and normal and going on right now.  I disbelieved the symptoms.

There was one other factor in this moment that was bothering me and that had to be considered during my prayers.  Friday night I was due to fly to visit a friend for his “Friendsgiving” birthday party and wasn’t quite sure if it was such a good idea to go.  I was worried about fitting in with his other friends – although he’s a good friend, we have very different personalities! And I worried it may not have been the right thing to do, so I had been listening for the last few weeks to discern if this trip should happen. Now getting sick would be a great excuse not to go! But I was certain that God doesn’t send sickness, even as a means to prevent something else from happening – he is kinder than that. So I was also very firm in my prayers of, “Not my will, but Thine be done.” No sickness and no being in my wrong place and no letting fear keep me from my right place.

I decided not to pack for the trip until I had to, and just played Friday be ear.  I felt well enough to go to work and decided I would listen for what felt right every part of the day – to stay or go home.  As the day went on, I felt better and better! I felt completely well by 3pm which is when I needed to leave the office and go home and pack so I could catch my plane.  So, I did just that. I knew a complete healing had taken place and felt comforted that it was a good thing to go on this trip, healthy and with the expectation that everything would be harmonious – and it was!  

This experience was meaningful because it was so obviously a healing that could not have happened any way except through prayer.  The symptoms came from mortal mind, and letting in the Divine consciousness and Truth destroyed the symptoms. It all happened within 24 hours and was undergirded by healings of the Bible.  “The way to extract error from mortal mind is to pour in Truth through flood-tides of Love,” as Mrs. Eddy says [S&H 200:17-18].