“I originally thought maybe I shouldn’t take the case”

I got a new email in the middle of the night from a person who had a problem with an infected growth on her gums. She was worried that she might have to go to the ER, but she wanted to know first, would I treat her?

I originally thought, maybe I shouldn’t take the case. I still have a two-year old to tend to three or four days a week and my business to run. Then I opened the Bible and was corrected and told not to shy from the work. So, I took it up and made sure I found time at the beginning of the day to get in my study and prayers. The next day she said the growth had gone down. Then the second (or third) day I got an email stating “Sorry to bother you again, but all of a sudden I noticed the growth has filled up again; it looks and feels like a little blister/balloon on my gums below the tooth (both with huge cavities in them).” I took the case back up and firmly addressed the fear. I also opened S&H, and the pages fell open to the lesson on handling inflammation as fear, re-affirming what my work to do was.

The next day I got another email with these lines:

“Thank you for the lovely thoughts and beautiful mind-pictures.”

“My growth has diminished quite dramatically, for which I am exceedingly grateful.”

“Please stop work now; and I will send another check right along.”

The “mind-pictures” are the ideas I sent to her. My second email I’ll quote from to give you an idea how I began to address the error.

“God cherishes you. You are Her beloved child. He stands firm, changeless, in his knowing of you and understanding of your wholeness and goodness — his oneness, wholeness and good.

“You are a dewdrop reflecting the infinite one — fearless and joyful and ready for ALL GOOD!”

And also I quoted Hymn 382.

Well, Skip, it looks like the work will come my way and God will prepare me.

I also, very clearly, worked with the idea of Immanuel, as it was “God with us” doing the work. I know that “I of my own self can do nothing.”