Freedom from beliefs of contagion

One Saturday night I was studying the Bible selections which I would read in the Christian Science Church service the next morning. As First Reader, I and the Second Reader, would conduct the primary part of the service. While preparing for this activity, symptoms of a cold came over me very abruptly. At first I wondered about what could be the cause of this illness from a physical standpoint, but then I realized I did not want to find a material cause for a problem that I knew could be healed with spiritual prayer. I had experienced healing of different challenges by better understanding my oneness with God as taught in Christian Science, and knew this situation was no different.

The most pressing concern about these symptoms was the challenge they would impose upon me during the service the next day. I just prayed quietly for a while about how this activity of joining with others at the Sunday worship is God’s will and could not be interrupted by claims of illness.

I recognized these symptoms were based on a suggestion that there is something outside of me which can infect my well being and cause hardship. I challenged this claim with the idea that all God made is good and God made all (refer to Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p 311: 4-6.) With that in mind, I knew I must be intact in God’s goodness and nothing can infect me, because there can be nothing harmful to me. A quote from the fourteenth chapter of the book of Romans confirms this “All things indeed are pure.” This verse is in reference to the idea that all things done in good conscience are pure, and it is only our thought which seems to make them less than pure.

As I continued to study the unfolding concepts of the Bible lesson, and confirm that it was right for me to be uninhibited by these symptoms, I noticed that all signs of a cold were completely gone before I went to bed. The service the next day went wonderfully and I feel I was blessed by being there.

This proved to be a helpful lesson for me in learning to trust God’s care. Also, I feel I gained a better understanding of the following statement about divine Science “ Science not only reveals the origin of all disease as mental, but it also declares that all disease is cured by divine Mind” (S&H p169.)