One Saturday evening just before retiring...

Margaret Jameson Littlefield

One Saturday evening just before retiring I injured the little toe of one foot. The pain was severe, and the toe appeared to be broken. I sat down, and for a moment helplessness and fear engulfed me. The thought of incapacitation was hard to accept, especially as I was serving on the executive board of my branch church, and there were many details to be attended to the next morning.

It seemed to me that I had been conscientious in my duties and had been acting justly, and momentarily I felt a sense of injustice, self-pity, fear, and confusion. Then I realized that these aggressive suggestions must be met instantly by prayer, as we are taught in Christian Science.

I vehemently denied that there is any power apart from God and declared that there are no accidents in God's spiritual creation, that God knows nothing of evil and that therefore it is unreal, and I claimed my true identity as the perfect reflection of divine Mind. I finally retired for the night, but the pain was still so severe that I was obliged to keep the sheet from resting on my foot.

The following morning I was unable to stand, although the fear and confusion had lessened somewhat. I felt that "with God all things are possible" (Matt. 19:26) and that I would be at my post of duty in church. However, putting on a shoe seemed an utter impossibility. Then I remembered these words (I Sam. 17:47): "The battle is the Lord's," and I said: "I have done all I can. Now the battle is indeed the Lord's!"

At that moment a friend, who is a practitioner, telephoned me in connection with the Sunday morning service. I explained my situation, saying that I did not see how I would be able to attend church as I seemed unable to stand or put on a shoe. I then asked for help in Christian Science. The practitioner gave me a treatment at once, and I felt a great sense of spiritual uplift and support; I was conscious only of God and expected a quick healing.

Within a few moments I realized that there was no more pain in the foot. With a great sense of awe at the instant power of Truth, I said aloud, "Why, I can stand!" And I stood up. Then I put my shoes on, and there was not one vestige of pain left. The light of Truth had dispelled the darkness, and I was free.

(Mrs.) Margaret Jameson Littlefield
New York, New York

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