Testimony of Healing February 16, 1963 Issue

To tell of all the benefits I have...

Valene E. Skinner

To tell of all the benefits I have had from the study and application of Christian Science would take too much space, so I will confine myself to writing about two of them. The first blessing occurred at a lecture on Christian Science. Although I did not realize it at the time, the lecturer changed my concept of prayer, from then on, I began to try to bring my thinking more in line with what the lecturer had explained prayer to be—an affirmation of good already present. This was the seed of Truth; and although it seemingly was dormant, it was growing. Ten years later, at a moment of great need, I was willing to turn to Christian Science for help and began its actual study. It met my need.

The second experience was very helpful. While browning some meat on top of the stove, I hurriedly picked up a fork and tried to turn the meat over, because it had begun to burn. The meat slipped of! the fork and caused the boiling-hot grease to splash directly into my face and eyes. I said nothing, and all I could think was, "No, no, it isn't true; accidents are no part of God's creation and therefore no part of my experience." I went into the other room, picked up Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy and tried to read, but I could not see. The pain was very severe; so I asked my husband to read to me, which he lovingly did.

I prayed, off and on, most of the night. "The scientific statement of being" was in my thought a great deal, particularly this portion of it: "Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual" (Science and Health, p. 468). I reasoned that since I was actually God's image and likeness, I could not be deceived into believing that this image and likeness could be defaced or injured in any way; that I was a spiritual idea, and not a mortal, and that I was forever held in perfection as an idea, the reflection of Mind.

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