Testimony of Healing October 31, 2005 ISSUE

HUMILITY HEALS POISON OAK AND RELATIONSHIP RIFT

MELISSA HAYDEN

Some years ago, I decided to eradicate some poison oak from a remote corner of my property. I took the precautions of wearing long sleeves and gloves, and I washed thoroughly when the work was done. However, the next morning while in the shower, I discovered several blisters on my arms. With all my preventive action, I still somehow had made contact with the poison oak. I was devastated. Immediately, I called a Christian Science practitioner to pray with me.

Not only was the poison oak bothering me, but during this same time I was having challenging relations with an acquaintance. I was upset by his response to what I had felt was a reasonable request. I was sure I would not have responded the same way he had under similar circumstances, and I felt he was being unkind. My prayers were a swirl of declaring God's allness while at the same time anxiously begging to be saved from the physical discomfort.

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