Testimony of Healing September 3, 1979 Issue

On a morning in December of 1977, when I woke I was unable...

MARY ELIZABETH REID

On a morning in December of 1977, when I woke I was unable to walk because of a severe pain in my back. In spite of loving help from a Christian Science practitioner, the condition continued to grow worse until I was confined to bed or had to use crutches to get around.

After a time, my husband—who is not a Christian Scientist— asked if I could go to a chiropractor without violating my trust in Christian Science. I discussed the question with my Christian Science teacher.

He most lovingly reminded me that the Bible tells us to "put off the old man," a concept of man as material, and to "put on the new man"—accept the fact that in reality man is God's likeness, and so he is spiritual (see Col. 3:9, 10). He pointed out that this corrective process brings about the needed human adjustment.

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