“In the end, it was actually my background in Christian Science that gave me the courage to get the vaccine.”
Several folks dear to me – family and friends – have asked me if I was planning to get the COVID vaccine. To those dear ones concerned about my well-being: I already got my first dose last week.
If you know me, you can probably imagine the thought that went into this decision. In the end I got the shot for my community – to help the people around me feel safe and comfortable, and to help alleviate any worries they might have for me. And I got the shot so I could travel and be with my friends and family without the guilt and responsibility I might feel if I didn’t get the shot.
I had to address a lot of fear in my thoughts before I got the vaccine. To be honest, I was more scared of the vaccine than the virus. I’ve always been less than enthused about getting vaccines – and not because I’m a Christian Scientist (pfft) – but because I’ve had this belief that my body was designed to heal itself naturally and I didn’t want to interfere with that “healing process.” In the end, it was actually my background in Christian Science that gave me the courage to get the vaccine. As I was thinking about my fears, metaphysically, it came to me that it made no sense to think it’s unnatural to put humanly-made vaccines in my body, but to accept the virus as “natural.” Metaphysically, none of it is natural, and none of it can touch my real, spiritual identity as the expression, idea, reflection, image, likeness, manifestation, and child of Love and Truth. I am safe in God. We all are hid safely in our Father-Mother.
So. There you have it. My second vaccine is scheduled in a couple weeks.
-Karen Molenaar Terrell
“The temporal and unreal never touch the eternal and real.”
– Mary Baker Eddy
“Let not your heart be troubled…”
– John 14
“Your life is hid with Christ in God.”
– Colossians 3:3
“Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s.”
– Matthew 22:21
“Whatever it is your duty to do, you can do without harm to yourself.”
– Mary Baker Eddy
Adventures of the Madcap Christian Scientist 
Well put! I have received my shots (no side effects) for the freedom they will provide. Some people are insisting on asserting their “freedom” by not getting the shots, but I don’t think that is loving our neighbors.
Yes. Nothing to be afraid of. Nothing to spend a lot of time and energy worrying about. Don’t have to get pulled into any narration pro or con. It’s just something we can do to help our community feel safe and comfortable.
Well said Karen. I reasoned similarly. My companion’s son and family were hesitant to come visit if I weren’t vaccinated. When my appointment came up they were using the J and J so it was “ one and done”! No side effects and now the subject has been dropped. 😊
Oh man – I was looking for that J and J everywhere and couldn’t find it! One more appt for me, but I’m almost there, and then we’ll just move on with life… 🙂
Bless you. 🙏🏾
“Let us reassure ourselves with the law of Love. God never punishes man for doing right, for honest labor, or for deeds of kindness, though they expose him to fatigue, cold, heat, contagion. “
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 384:5–9;
Perfect!
Ty