Testimony of Healing February 5, 1996 Issue

Several friends of mine wistfully long to see in our schools more...

Lucinda Baker Greiner

Several friends of mine wistfully long to see in our schools more active emphasis on the teaching of solid reading, writing, and arithmetic. "Back to the basics" is their theme. A recent experience in another context has given "Back to the basics!" greater and more personal meaning to me.

One night I woke out of deep sleep with acute leg cramps and I could not get out of bed. I tried to think of truths that would help me, but I found I couldn't. I thought of calling a Christian Scientist friend to help me pray, but I simply wasn't able to reach the telephone, although it was only a few feet away.

I knew I was going to have to pray on my own in spite of the pain. Though my thoughts weren't very coherent, let alone inspired, I realized that I could at least begin with I knew of God. I started by remembering, as completely as I could, the creation story in the book of Genesis. There was comfort, I discovered, in the very first words: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (1:1). I was able to understand that whatever God created, me included, had to reflect Him since He is All-in-all.

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