Testimony of Healing June 23, 2014 Issue

Healed at college

Jewelle Matheny

During my last semester of college, I was feeling on top of my game spiritually, academically, and socially. I already knew what I would be doing after graduation, and I wanted to spend my last month of school on “vacation,” which I thought was well deserved! But then I started experiencing a collection of symptoms including colds, fevers, headaches, and exhaustion. I let go of my “vacation” plans, and prayed with the support of a Christian Science practitioner.

I was a captain of the lacrosse team, and our final lacrosse tournament took place during this time. I wanted to be able to play. After praying with the practitioner for a few days, I felt well enough to be able to play in the final two games, which were the best I have ever played. The next day, though, it was clear that everything was not completely well. I continued to struggle with illness, and found I was also having difficulty walking up stairs.

I gained many insights as I prayed over the next month, but three big ones stand out. First, I struggled a lot with discouragement—I felt I had made so much spiritual progress throughout the year that I should be able to have an instantaneous healing. I remember telling the practitioner about my frustration. She responded by asking, in essence, what would mortal mind try to make me give up on? Perhaps it would be the idea that God, divine Love, is present, or that I reflect Love the same way a ray of light emanates from its source. This is when I realized I was putting into practice all the spiritual inspiration I had gained that year. I was proving that since I am an idea of God, like a ray of light, I could not be touched by a material ailment. I could not let error talk me into believing something that was just not true about my identity.

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