I struggled with a little health issue for a few days recently that ordinarily would vanish with a short prayer. It was not a big deal, but I got a bit bothered by why it hadn’t yielded quickly this time.

Then it struck me while reading the newspaper and noticing several articles on how the present economic recession is the longest since the Great Depression, and so on, that the prolonged bodily trouble was mimicking a form of recession. Not a financial recession, in my case, but a mini-health recession.

The media is currently permeated with economic prognosticators predicting increased prolonged financial suffering over the coming months. There is no acceptance that the economic calamity could instantly end, today for instance. It’s assumed by just about everyone that suffering is to continue and grow worse for a long period of time.

Well, this is not a Christianly scientific position to take. It’s all error of reasoning, and ignorance of God’s economy which is abounding in supply right now. But the majority of people believe this depressing assessment of the recession, and thus the symptoms prophesied continue to grow and accelerate.

I thought, if a person accepts the claims of recession financially, wouldn’t he also be susceptible to accepting the claims of recession in other ways in his life, perhaps in the form of a “health recession,” or a “marital recession,” or a “joy recession,” and so on?

Aw, this was enlightening! As I said, the health issue was minor for me, but suddenly I realized a very large spiritual lesson I was to learn from it that would benefit me and the people I help everyday. And it’s this, don’t buy into any recessionary claims, no matter how far removed they may appear to be from you financially!

God’s economy never goes into recession. In fact, it’s all about expansion, ever-unfolding views of infinite goodness and supply. There is no withering away of substance, disappearance of adequate supply, or lack of opportunity. God is infinite. God’s economy is infinite. It never shrinks, diminishes or causes suffering for its inhabitants. It’s an economy of Mind where Love provides without fail. And this truth can be applied and demonstrated in the full spectrum of human experience, from business activities, to social, familial, marital, mental and health conditions.

So, I encourage you to not accept long drawn out suffering for anyone, even if you feel fine. Evil suggestions need to be put off and replaced with spiritual truth to prevent suffering for the benefit of all. God’s love is present and adequate to the need of the moment for everyone.

I presently like to think not in terms of being in a recession, but in an ever-expanding view of God’s infinite love and care for all of creation.

Oh, and yes, the health nuisance vanished…