Testimony of Healing October 29, 1990 Issue

Two winters ago, when my wife and I were vacationing in...

James I. Barker

Two winters ago, when my wife and I were vacationing in Yosemite National Park, I woke one morning with a pain in my lower back that was so severe it prevented me from getting out of bed. After I prayed silently for a few minutes, the pain subsided sufficiently for me to get up and dress. Through the rest of the day I was able to continue hiking and sightseeing, but the next morning the painful spasm returned and again made it difficult to rise. As I prayed for God's help, I remembered the Bible verse that says in part "in him we live, and move, and have our being" (Acts). Soon I was able to function normally again. As this was the last day of our vacation, we headed for home.

During the next week the condition seemed to deteriorate; the painful attacks became worse and more frequent. I called a Christian Science practitioner for prayerful help. Following his suggestion, I studied to know that God, divine Mind, governs the body in every instance. The situation improved over the next several days, and I dismissed the practitioner.

One morning the following week, however, the condition recurred. My wife telephoned the practitioner for me, and I will always remember his healing statements. First, he assured me that God's man not only bears witness to Truth but is always at one with Truth. Second, he helped me to know without a doubt that in reality, man lives and moves in accord with God's law of changeless perfection.

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