March 8, 2006: Wednesday - Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself

I took a mind 'journey' on Tuesday designed to heal, from an emotional / psychological standpoint, the reason the cancer started or became activated. The techniques involved use visualization as a healing agent. It began with the observation and question: The cancer is literally right over my heart. Is it 'protecting' my heart from something and if so, what? The answer that came into my mind was ‘love hurts.’ That’s what my background taught me about love. Over the years, the emotions became manifested in the physical form of cancer.

The 'journey' continued and helped me re-define what love truly is: a combination of peace, harmony, and beauty. I said in my heart, "I will feel Heavenly Father's infinite love for all his creations.” My heart asked, “Why is it that He created us?” and the spirit answered, “To give expression to the pure love he has - for himself.” Think about that for a moment! In the Bible, the second of two great commandments given us is to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. (Lev. 19:18 & Matt. 22:39)

My friend, Anna, gave me a few 'get well' gifts yesterday. (Rex brought them back up with him.) One was a bag of dark chocolate Hershey candy kisses! Another was a book titled, "Draw Near Unto Me" - Daily Reflections on the Doctrine and Covenants. When I took this book in my hands, I felt a very strong, loving spirit accompany it.

A third 'gift' from Anna was a personal note. She'd been reading in the Doctrine and Covenants, Section 42 and had come to verses 48–53. These ‘spoke’ so loudly to her, she just had to write. In particular, verse 48: It shall come to pass that he that hath faith in me to be healed and is not appointed unto death, shall be healed. Anna wrote, 'That's you, Pat! You have the faith to be healed!" Additionally, verse 53 reads: Thou shalt stand in the place of thy stewardship. Anna said, "That's the work that you do, Pat! No one else is doing what you do. You are needed!"

I thank the Lord for such good, loving friends... As if to confirm Anna’s inspired statements, we received several orders for northern New York genealogical publications. This was unusual in that I had not advertised these works at all for the past month.