Testimony of Healing June 12, 1978 Issue

One day I was playing with my friend

Matthew J. Walters with contributions from Maryl F. Walters, Charles Walters

One day I was playing with my friend. I stepped in a hole while I was running and sprained my ankle. I couldn't walk on it at all because it hurt, and it became very swollen.

The day before this happened was Christmas Day, and our family had read the Christmas story in the Bible, and some of the things Mary Baker Eddy says about Christmas. One of the things we read was that "the babe we are to cherish" is "Christian healing." Mrs. Eddy says (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 370): "In different ages the divine idea assumes different forms, according to humanity's needs. In this age it assumes, more intelligently than ever before, the form of Christian healing. This is the babe we are to cherish." We knew that the best way to celebrate Christmas is to do what Jesus did—to heal.

When I hurt my ankle, I began to pray. I knew that God is perfect, and so I have to be perfect, because I'm the spiritual reflection of God. The next day I still couldn't walk. I wanted to go outside because it was so nice. Mom said, "You can walk, and you can go outside." So I decided to take a walk with her. We took a nice walk, although I was limping. By the end of the next day the swelling was gone, and I could run and play. No more limping.

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