“…no noise, weather, confusion, or congestion could interrupt the Word of God”

The email titled “Fruitage Needed” came in as I was preparing to travel to give a Christian Science lecture. Somehow, I thought our Association Day was still two weeks away. Throughout the weekend I kept hearing, “healings needed!”

It reminded me of an incident a couple weeks ago. Yes, a healing was needed. It was just days away, and I was to give a Zoom lecture. I had no voice. There was a lot of other noise coming from me but no voice. I asked for help from a Christian Science practitioner. She firmly reminded me that absolutely no noise, weather, confusion, or congestion could interrupt the Word of God. I knew this to be true. Love reveals its own freedom. I had witnessed Love’s freeing action during two other lectures this past year. As I had felt the symptoms of a sore throat and hoarseness coming on, the tempter suggested, “There’s a chair right there sit down, just pause, and have a sip of water.” I continued giving the lecture, never too late to experience freedom, firmly keeping in the forethought an idea that I had cherished from the lesson that week of God lifting me over the wall and gently letting me down in a basket. And that is what happened; I was gently led.

So, I knew I could completely trust God. I’m learning that lecturing is Love expressing itself. It has nothing to do with me. Moments before the lecture was to start, I hardly had a voice and there was still a bit of noise coming from me. Confidently, I stepped into the light of the camera and went forward with joy.

I’d like to say that that was the end of the problem. However, shortly after the lecture I once again had no voice, and it was a couple more days before I was completely healed. Perhaps this was what I needed to learn: indeed I could fearlessly trust myself to the Christ for an hour.

Wasn’t this what Jesus asked of his disciples?