Testimony of Healing January 1, 1990 Issue

My gratitude for Christian Science comes from my lifelong...

Eric G. Horner

My gratitude for Christian Science comes from my lifelong application of its healing truths to all kinds of needs.

About a year ago I was in the kitchen preparing a meal for some dinner guests when a large pot of boiling water containing potatoes slipped from my grip and poured over my hand. The pain seemed overwhelming. Even in those first few moments, however, I felt a calm, spiritual poise. It enabled me to begin right then and there to acknowledge my inseparability from God, the only creator.

I telephoned a Christian Science practitioner for help in praying about the situation. Together we prayed with the description of man given in the chapter "Recapitulation" in Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. This description states in part: "Man is spiritual and perfect. ... Man is idea, the image, of Love; he is not physique." We saw clearly that man's identity is not truly a material body but a spiritual idea.

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