I’ve wanted to share a recent significant healing for a couple of reasons. One, because I was most grateful for it, and Two, because of what I felt impelled the immediacy of the healing.
A few weeks ago, visiting family, we had a big weekend of theater planned. Loving going to many of the kids’ productions, we had, as well, an afternoon set aside for a professional musical event.
Rushing to get to the location on time, as I changed clothes, one of the four dogs escaped out the back door. I knew she was playing and did not want to be corralled, but I went after her to bring her in, and as she bolted, she flipped me down onto the concrete and I landed on my face.
My daughter immediately came to my rescue and helped me up, – we put the dog away and got into the car. I then realized that my chin was injured, knee skinned, and my jaw was completely dislocated. I couldn’t close my mouth or put my teeth together.
I had absolutely no idea humanly what I would do as a sort of solution, and I think that was really beneficial to the situation for there was no obvious human answer.
As I sat in the front seat of the car, my husband driving, and our daughter and another dear Christian Scientist in the back, we pulled out of the driveway, and someone said, “We don’t have to go.”
My immediate reaction was a very firm, vehement, “Yes we do!” I felt adamant, regardless, we were to go ahead with our day.
I remember I had previously been working and loving the idea of perfect alignment, –that all of God’s ideas, circumstances, relationships were right then in absolute perfect alignment. That was much going on with the family in terms of adjustment and many circumstances were involved; this was such a perfect spiritual concept to tuck everybody up, knowing each and every one, God governed was, in every detail, safe and in their right place.
The car was quiet as we drove 45 minutes, each of us continuing to pray quietly. When we got to the theater, everyone was solicitous, and though we were a little late, we found our seats amid a happy joyous rambunctious musical on stage.
I found myself very quiet and very steady, not trying to deal with the problem, but lifting thought away from any picture or human effort, just trustingly knowing that right alignment included all, everyone in the theater, myself as well. It was such a steady assuring feeling of security. Though at that point nothing had physically changed.
After intermission, I began to relax and enjoy the music. The lady next to me seemed to lack any sense of joy, so I just decided there was plenty for all of us, and included her, perfectly aligned with good, as well.
Then this funny thought said, “Why not have some gum?” And I started to find my purse, but the next thought was, “You can’t do that. You can’t chew!”
I then recognized this impluse to get gum was a gentle guiding step, and I put a piece of gum in my mouth. And forgetting about the details, I simply enjoyed the play, and soon found I was chewing naturally and easily.
As we exited the theater, I thanked each one for their prayers, for my jaw and mouth had, in fact, aligned perfectly and painlessly. That evening at dinner, there was a gentle pop, and we heard a painless adjustment that was evidently needed.
In retrospect, we agreed that the healing essentially took place right at the beginning of the experience, when the offer was lovingly suggested, “We don’t have to go,” giving fear and worry a foot in. The immediate response was to reject that as any option, refuting the suggestion of helplessness or injury.
The Bible guides us, “Agree with thine adversary quickly while thou art in the way with him.” (Matt. 5:26). I have loved the awareness that we are most effective in our treatment when we immediately reject anything that denies God’s allness and ever-presence.
Immediate rejction of untoward experiences, unhappy thoughts, or discordant physical situations is our guidance for our spiritual dominion. Regardless of how long a situation appears to have existed, or a circumstance been inharmonious, every single time it comes to your thought hit the mental reject button. Find it to be unacceptable in your experience because unauthorozed by your source, divine Life, divine Mind. Then with your spiritual Christlike understanding, declare the truth about the lie. We are told on page 233 of Science and Health, “The counterfact relative to any disease is required to cure it.” We must use the spiritual authority we have been given through our study of Christian Science. Our spiritual preparation and steady spiritual progress will be our shield and protection.
I will always be grateful to see and recognize that we have the God-given, God-impelled authority to reject what is unknown to divine Mind, and to listen and obey the instruction we are being given. The evidence is then naturally right there. It’s such a God gift to bear witness to this very natural, Love-filled care.