October 22, 2008

I’m a little late writing for this month’s newsletter. It has been an eventful time. In a nutshell, I have had a set back with the “cellular challenge,” a.k.a. breast cancer. I’m confident that I will come through the new treatment regime with flying colors and great healing. I’m also confident that all the complementary approaches I embrace will make a tremendous difference as well. In addition, my work helps keep me centered, productive, and blessed with a strong sense of purpose. Praying and meditating each day are vital to my life and my healing.

Since first being diagnosed in December 1999, I have been the grateful beneficiary of lots and lots of prayer from family, friends and even people I have never met face to face. I hope you will keep me in your prayers and see me healed and whole. Prayer is truly the most powerful medicine there is.

Debbi Mygatt

Throughout the past week of scans and more scans, I’ve been amazingly calm, peaceful, and confident. I know that is because of the prayers that have been offered for me since I discovered that a recent blood test showed warning signs. On the day after I got the blood report, I attended a healing workshop in Ridgefield, Connecticut, where my daughter, Lucie, lives. Later that week, while still enjoying a visit with my Connecticut family, I had a wonderful prayer and healing session with Debbi Mygatt who heads the healing ministry at the Jesse Lee Memorial Methodist Church in Ridgefield. At my last Ron Roth’s Celebrating Life Intensive in May, one of my friends there, Doug Abbott, told me about Debbi. Since I was going to Ridgefield after the Celebrating Life experience in Chicago, I called Debbi when I arrived and was able to have a healing session with her then as well.

I’ve learned through the years that healing is sometimes instant – and I experienced that in 2003 – and sometimes it occurs over time. The keys are faith and a mind focused on healing, not fear. That isn’t always easy, given all the cultural fears about cancer that we absorb on a daily basis. Since this is breast cancer awareness month, there is no escaping the subject. While I appreciate the concern and all the efforts to find “the” cure, I doubt there will ever be one simple curative treatment that works for all the individuals that face this particular health challenge. I believe it is a mind, body, and spirit issue and that all these dimensions need to be addressed in any healing process.

I’m looking at all these factors in my life – stressors that are part of the whole picture my body is presenting. And I’m journaling, writing, and being as creative as possible with the spiritual guidance I receive. I’m also blessed with friends who are helping me in wonderfully loving ways. I do my best to take life one moment at a time and to be very attentive to acknowledging all that I feel so grateful for each day. Forgiving quickly after acknowledging my feelings is also vital. And experiencing life as directly and innocently as possible is another important aspect of healing. That means getting out of my head and living from my heart, taking a fresh look at the world and life around me without letting prior judgments and experiences color what I see.

It isn’t always easy to ask for help. Over the last nine years, I’ve learned a lot about allowing myself to do just that. Writing this article is a response to guidance I received while journaling when I was in Connecticut. I resisted for a while, but I’m doing it now. I thank you for your love and support, your prayers, and your reading this newsletter. Writing it is always a special pleasure for me and hearing from you in response to what I write is a great bonus. I will be keeping you in my heart and prayers as well.

If you or someone you know and love is facing a life challenge similar to mine, my book, The Heart of Healing: Facing Cancer and Other Life-Threatening Illnesses, might help you or them find hope. I also suggest reading The Healing Path of Prayer by Ron Roth. This is a book that came to me shortly after I was diagnosed. It helped transform my fears, gave me hope, changed my life, and led me to amazing experiences of healing. Another book I’ve been re-reading in recent days is Love Without End…Jesus Speaks by Glenda Green. It is a powerful resource that helps me tremendously. My friend, Evalie, recently loaned me a new book, Cell-Level Healing: The Bridge from Soul to Cell by Joyce Whiteley Hawkes, Ph.D. It includes specific information and suggestions for sending healing messages to all the cells in the body for cancer and a variety of other physical illnesses as well. I recommend it.

In recent weeks, we’ve seen just how destructive fear can be when it spreads like wild fire through the economies of the world. Many are recalling Franklin Roosevelt’s words, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”  The same wisdom applies to all of life. I’ve often thought that cancer is another word for fear. A health crisis or an economic one like we are facing today call us to grow beyond thinking that externals like money and what it can buy can bring us what our souls seek Lasting joy, fulfillment, and healing come from within and from our connection through prayer with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.

Don’t be fooled. There are no substitutes! No one and nothing can rob you of the strength and inner peace that come from your sacred heart through prayer and meditation. Love is always stronger than fear, and love is the core of who we are. It flows from the sacred heart within us. Love heals. Our prayers help center us in love and connect us with joy and hope. Please pray for the world, our country in this chaotic time, and for yourself and your family. Ask for the help you need, the help all of us need, the help that is always available to us from Spirit when we are bold and humble enough to request it.

With grateful thanks and blessings,

Martha

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About Martha
Martha Baldwin Beveridge is a psychotherapist, writer, and teacher. A Phi Beta Kappa and honors graduate of Wellesley College, she holds a Master of Science in Social Work degree from the University of Louisville.  She is a Diplomate in Clinical Social Work, a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist, and has been in private practice since 1975.

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