Article July 19, 1982 Issue

What are we trying to cure?

WILLIAM DOUGLAS ALDER

Some years ago I was taking a friend, a Christian Scientist, to our Wednesday evening testimony meeting. On the way he remarked, "Speaking of testimony meetings, you know, I have never testified to a personal Christian Science healing—simply because I have never had one."

I was quiet for a while and then observed, "This was once my experience, too. In my case, I eventually found that the reason I hadn't actually experienced its healing power was that I had been trying to cure physical difficulties as if they were part of God's reality—something real I had to get rid of."

I related how, in desperation, I had gone to see a Christian Science practitioner for prayerful help with a physical problem. He pointed out the misapprehension in my metaphysical treatment. He asked, "What are you trying to cure? A physical defect or your belief in a physical defect?" He then referred me to what the Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, writes in one of her publications: "God's law is in three words, 'I am All;' and this perfect law is ever present to rebuke any claim of another law." No and Yes, p. 30. This revelation jolted me. I saw that I had been trying to fight the apparent physical defect, instead of handling my belief that God's allness could include something I had to overcome. In no time, the trouble was over.

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