Testimony of Healing July 3, 1989 Issue

Recently, while hiking with my son to the bottom of the Grand Canyon...

Kaye Cummings

Recently, while hiking with my son to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, I badly injured one knee. I encouraged the others in our group to go on without me and had a peaceful moment alone with God. I prayed with great determination, not only for my physical release but also that I might demonstrate to my son that prayer indeed does heal. I seemed to make no progress, however, and the knee was very painful.

It then became clear to me that I was praying from the wrong standpoint. I was seeing myself mostly as a mortal with a real physical difficulty that needed to be healed. And I was carrying the additional burden of trying to prove my healing ability to another person but without much sense of God's governing care.

As I listened for God's thoughts, it became clear to me that I needed to recognize and claim my true, immortal status as God's likeness, spiritual and perfect. Also, I saw that it wasn't my job to convince anyone of the healing efficacy of Christian Science. My primary responsibility was to respond to God. I could do that by truly identifying myself as His idea and by expressing freedom, strength, and energy. As I dwelt on these thoughts, the hike down became easier.

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