Testimony of Healing August 12, 1996 Issue

Each year on July fourth the United States celebrates Independence...

Gary P. Duke

Each year on July fourth the United States celebrates Independence Day. Last year on the Fourth of July I felt anything but independent, as I had badly injured my foot and ankle playing basketball that morning at a reunion of friends. Instead of participating in the usual holiday activities, I went to the Christian Science Reading Room to pray. I found that I needed to correct quite a few suggestions about my situation. My thoughts alternated from negative suggestions to true facts concerning God and His perfect creation. They went something like this:

"Poor me, here I am in pain and crippled instead of spending time with dear friends who traveled thousands of miles to be together for a week of vacation."

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