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Last summer when I was eleven years old, I visited my grandmother
Last summer when I was eleven years old, I visited my grandmother. While I was there I noticed some bumps on my body. At first I thought it was either a rash or something else. But then I immediately turned to God in my thought. I knew I was really His image and likeness and that I was perfect. After that I forgot about the bumps and went to play.
The next morning things seemed a little better. But that night I woke up in the middle of a sound sleep. All of a sudden, a quick pain went through me, and I began to itch. I decided not to scratch. Then I remembered that I was God's perfect child and was made in His likeness. I also thought about parts of "the scientific statement of being" from Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. It ends this way (p. 468): "Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual." I also thought about how Science and Health says (p. 475), "Man is not matter; he is not made up of brain, blood, bones, and other material elements."
After that I went back to sleep. The next morning the rash was almost totally gone. I thanked God right away. The day after that the rash was all gone.
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October 4, 1982 issue
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So—you don't like business administration
DEAN BARTLETT GORHAM
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The warmth of Soul
BERTHA EDITH CLEMMER
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Stay anchored to the rock
PETER HOLLINSHEAD SELBY
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Don't pocket bad "pennies"
JOYCE C. LEDDY
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Stopping the parade of mortal beliefs
HAZEL TERESA COOK
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True satisfaction
PEGGY PERCIVAL
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No accidents in God's presence
DeWITT JOHN
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The prayer of unselfed love blesses all
WILLIAM E. MOODY
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Divine service
MARY G. FARNUM
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Good girl
Lesley Clyne
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A few years ago, when I was beginning the last...
BRIAN V. PETTERSEN with contributions from BARBARA PETTERSEN
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Since Christian Science has come into our family, many blessings...
VERA MAE CHATARD with contributions from FRED J. CHATARD
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Last summer when I was eleven years old, I visited my grandmother
LISA WELLS with contributions from ROYCE L. WELLS
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During my years of teaching in a Christian Science Sunday School...
SYLVIA O. DIETZ with contributions from CICELY M. GALLAGHER