Alexander passes the test

[Original in German]

Claire Roselius

Alexander liked to play soccer. But one day he discovered he couldn't run the way he used to because his right heel hurt. Since he supposed that the trouble was his shoes, Alexander got new ones. But his joy over new shoes didn't last long, because although they felt fine, his heel still hurt. The pain was bad, and soon playing soccer wasn't fun anymore.

At this point Alexander became alert. "I don't need to accept this," he said to himself. "I'm a Christian Scientist; I've learned in Sunday School to deny error, to see myself as God's beloved child, and to put these things I've learned into practice."

Alexander began to think of God, who didn't create such a thing as matter or pain. "Everything is perfect and good. Man— and that's really me—is the child of God, the loving Father. So I am good, strong, free from pain." Alexander argued to himself this way and held on to these thoughts of Truth.

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