Testimony of Healing November 10, 1980 Issue

Preparing school assignments and taking examinations present...

DELISENT R. SOPP

Preparing school assignments and taking examinations present excellent opportunities for demonstrating man's God-given dominion through glorifying God, the one Mind.

Some time ago, shingles appeared on my face. We were nearing the end of a school term, and my teachers recommended to my mother that perhaps I should wait to take the examinations. They feared I would be under more stress, which could complicate my problems.

Mother assured them that they shouldn't worry and that I would be disappointed if I could not sit the examinations with the rest of the class. Then I contacted a Christian Science practitioner. We talked of God, and she helped me see that matter is not real because it doesn't reflect God. Matter can be destroyed; but God can never be destroyed. He is eternal. And because God is eternal, man is also. I read passages relating to the harmony of man from Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. The answer Mrs. Eddy gives to the question "What is man?" was particularly helpful at this time (see Science and Health, pp. 475-477). Severe pain left quickly.