Severe cold gone quickly

Alex Basil Mayaka

After traveling a day and a half to take Primary class instruction in Christian Science, I arrived feeling exhausted and aching. I had gone many kilometers through different climatic regions, and the weather in this location was cold compared to where I came from. I went to sleep hoping the aching would ease.

When I woke up early the next morning to prepare for the class I was to attend later that day, I had symptoms of a severe cold. However, I turned my thoughts away from the sneezing and coughing because I knew that God did not create sickness. I was following an instruction concerning a law of God stated in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy: “Keep in mind the verity of being,—that man is the image and likeness of God, in whom all being is painless and permanent” (p. 414).

I borrowed a copy of the Sentinel from one of my roommates, and as I was reading, I came across an article with a healing of flu, which took place on a hiking trip. The writer had realized that air could not cause disease or any harm to God’s loved children, which we all are. I prayed along these lines and then got ready for the class.

Even though the cold symptoms continued, I found the class session inspiring and enjoyed every bit of it. Some statements stood out to me from what I had been reading in the Sentinel, such as the fact that man is the image and likeness of God, in whom there is no sickness. Also, that we should always be steadfast in standing for this spiritual truth, no matter how real sickness may seem. And even when problems persist, we shouldn’t give up on trusting God with all our heart.

To my great joy and gratitude, I was completely healed of the cold by the end of the first day of class.

Alex Basil Mayaka
Migori, Kenya

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