Testimony of Healing March 2, 1981 Issue

Once while on the job I began having severe stomach pains

JEAN HUBER

Once while on the job I began having severe stomach pains. The thought came, "Why should I have to stay here and be uncomfortable? They can get someone else to do this job. I'd rather be home in bed anyway."

Then I recalled that I had been sharing Christian Science a lot lately through invitations to Christian Science lectures and bringing some friends to the church services. I also remembered what Mrs. Eddy says in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany (p. 165): "As an active portion of one stupendous whole, goodness identifies man with universal good. Thus may each member of this church rise above the oft-repeated inquiry, What am I? to the scientific response: I am able to impart truth, health, and happiness, and this is my rock of salvation and my reason for existing." That was a healing message! I felt strong already. A couple of lines from a hymn also came to mind (Christian Science Hymnal, No. 59): "Fight the good fight with all thy might,/Christ is thy strength, and Christ thy right." I realized then that my true business was to reflect the saving Truth that heals, to express my divine nature.

At one point, when the discomfort became acute, I read an article from a recent copy of The Christian Science Journal. It brought out that it is sometimes thought we have to pay a penalty in order to claim the spiritual blessings that are rightfully ours. Actually, claiming what is rightfully ours only brings the reward of allowing us to feel the kingdom of heaven right where we are. What a grand mission to be involved in! I suddenly became very grateful for my church activities and more appreciative of my church family. Gratitude put me back in the running!

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