Testimony of Healing April 21, 1973 Issue

I was one of many who were fearful of our junior high school...

Hugh R. Fletcher with contributions from Muriel A. Sondergard

I was one of many who were fearful of our junior high school physical education class, and especially of our instructor—a man who believed in all work and no play.

In this class, wrestling evoked my strongest dislike, and because of this I was quite frightened when I was asked to wrestle with one of my classmates. In an instant he knocked me to the ground, and I fell on my elbow. There was a snap, which seemed to indicate a broken arm. My parents were called, and as I waited, I realized that there wasn't an injury to be healed, but an illusion of a fearful consciousness to be wiped away. This correct view of the situation brought peace. When my parents arrived, I was able to meet them with a smile and an ever-growing awareness of God's presence.

A Christian Science practitioner was called, and I spent the following day studying the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly. During this time I gained a sense of joy and a fuller realization that man, as a spiritual idea of God, could never be separated from his Father-Mother, unlimited Love. Because God is All, and includes all activity and substance, which is spiritual, it is impossible for matter to exist or for man to be mortal. Therefore there could be no accident, no broken arm. I was and always would be God's image and likeness, and no illusion of matter or mind in matter could ever have presence or power.

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