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QUICK HEALING OF STOMACH FLU SYMPTOMS AND NUMBNESS

From the August 2009 issue of The Christian Science Journal


AFTER ALL THE Thanksgiving guests had gone home and the leftovers had been put away, I congratulated myself on having shown restraint. Though a big fan of homemade stuffing and pumpkin pie, I had somehow managed to eat in moderation and not let fear of calories and overindulgence rule the day.

But late that night, I began to experience what had been widely described in media reports as stomach flu. Despite my self-control earlier in the day, it was all coming up now anyway. I decided to tough it out, and not wanting to wake anyone up, I retired to a downstairs bathroom for the rest of the night.

The next day, I finally turned to prayer and spiritual study for healing. The opening line of a favorite hymn was especially comforting: "Not what I am, O Lord, but what Thou art" (Horatius Bonar, Christian Science Hymnal, No. 195). It was a call to subdue the material sense of my well-being and to start acknowledging my divine source, God, and His healing presence. But as the day progressed, I went through more of the same symptoms. The prospect of enduring another all-night session left me more than a little downhearted. Mentally, the questions tumbled out: "What's going on? Why won't this yield? How long am I going to have to put up with this?"

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