A pretty meaningful healing

Recently, I had a pretty meaningful healing of a problem that had been going on for a prolonged amount of time. Over the years I had amassed quite the collection of underarm deodorants. I felt like I had tried everything to keep my body odor under control – from clinical strength to every “natural” form I could try. Eventually I found a ‘do-it-yourself’ recipe, made from common household ingredients and this seemed to be the answer to everything I was looking for! I used this for over a year until I seemed to have a painful reaction, which caused me to cease its usage as well.

I was back to trying the store bought brands and reapplying throughout the day. Then all of sudden, one day, the angel thought came to me, “You know you don’t have to be afraid all the time.” Now, it’s commonly accepted that if you are under stress, pressure, fear or angry situations that this is either the source or a magnification of this kind of issue. So, what this angel message was telling me was that I didn’t have to be afraid, consciously or subconsciously – and that the claim was that I was.

Well, I loved this spiritual message, and I accepted it with, “OK God, that makes sense. I don’t have to be afraid!” and from what I can tell, it all just fell away. I have been able to use a mild deodorant with complete “effectiveness” since then. At first I wasn’t sure but after 2 weeks went by (and now many months), I am more and more convinced that this healing is real.  No other experience I've had could explain the sustained freedom I am now having. I've participated in sports and very hot outdoor events without any of the past severity of the issue. But mostly, I’m not tensely afraid like I was in the past – and I didn’t even know that I was so afraid. It just shows us that God knows and heals us without our always having to figure it all out. When our heart is ready to turn, God turns us and wipes out the impersonal fear.

The issue seemed to come back at one point, and so I prayed again specifically. A lot of things began happening and I ended up relocating and taking a new job. Since arriving in my new home, I have been entirely freed from this problem. The lack of stress, and general sense of happiness about my life has lifted this old burden of self-condemnation and self-consciousness. In addition, I guess I’ve learned that this issue was a clue for me to look out for false idols and check my thought and make sure that God-good is my God and not something inferior.