Testimony of Healing March 1, 1969 Issue

The opportunity to test my own faith in God in the face of a...

Helen D. Doolittle

The opportunity to test my own faith in God in the face of a severe difficulty came to me a little more than two years ago. While in the garden, I caught my heel on a curbing and fell backward onto a cement driveway. There was evidence of breakage and misplacement, but I managed with great effort to get into the house without anyone being aware of the mishap.

For the next week I remained very quiet, moving about only when absolutely necessary. I read carefully and prayerfully six entire chapters from our textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy.

During this search for a deeper understanding of God and of my unity with Him, I was impressed one day by a particular statement found on page 415 of the textbook which reads: "To remove the error producing disorder, you must calm and instruct mortal mind with immortal Truth." This I decided to do at once. I began to reason with mortal mind as I might have done with a friend. I spoke of God's allness, of His great love for His creation, and also of the many years during which He had sustained me. Then I pointed out that because of my gratitude I could not resort to material means for healing.

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