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A quick healing of flu
On a flight returning to Chicago from the West Coast of the United States, I developed flu symptoms. I have experienced many healings in Christian Science, for myself, for family members, and for those who have asked for my prayerful support. So, it was natural for me to expect healing by turning to God and claiming His constant care.
My prayer focused on God as divine Principle—one of the synonyms of God as taught in Christian Science. Principle is law and foundation. As God’s child, I felt firm on this law and foundation. These solidifying ideas enabled me to make it through the long flight without any incident. I was able to walk through the long corridors to my car and was able to drive home holding to my firm foundation in God.
The next morning I was running a fever, and it came to me to pray with “rock, paper, scissors.” At first I thought that’s a kids game—that’s just silly! But the angel message persisted.
No outside influence could change my perfection as God’s pure child.
I remembered how I had prayed on the flight and on the drive home, holding to God as Principle—a rock-solid foundation. This was the “rock” in the game name that was coming to me. I remembered many examples in the Bible, where people proved God’s protection and power, and expressed this as if they were standing on the rock of God (see, for example, II Samuel 22:2 and Psalms 18:2 ).
Then I started thinking about how God’s love for all His children is like a warm, comforting blanket. I let this warmth envelope me, and it was like “paper” covering the rock in that child’s game. I saw that I was held in this protective covering, and it became clear to me that no contagion could reach me, no outside influence could change my perfection as God’s pure child.
As I shifted my thought to “scissors,” I thought about a passage in the Bible from the Epistle to the Hebrews, “The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword” (Hebrews 4:12 ). I felt this was my weapon to fight humanity’s fears about flu and to cut through the lie that I could ever be outside God’s infinite care, love, and protection. This sword was helping me discern the difference between God’s truth (see Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 538 ), which is real and must be everywhere, and a condition that would say there is some room left for flu or that I could ever be outside God’s truth.
Rock = sure foundation.
Paper = protective love.
Scissors = spiritual discernment.
As I prayed with these ideas early that morning, all the symptoms completely broke and I was free. The metaphors in this child’s game make me laugh in hindsight and brought the inspiration I needed for a complete healing.
About the author
Roger Gates lives in Cary, Illinois.