Testimony of Healing July 7, 1997 Issue

Last year I was lifting a box of heavy materials at work and...

Jerome Jordan McIntire

Last year I was lifting a box of heavy materials at work and suddenly felt a pain in my back that took my breath away. This sensation was all too familiar. Over twenty years earlier I had sustained a serious back injury as the result of a fall in a skiing competition. I had been incapacitated for a month, and for years afterward had experienced recurring pain and limitations on my ability to move and work. Restoration to full freedom of movement had not come until after I became involved in studying Christian Science, when I learned how I could pray understandingly to God and rely on His authority to heal. I gained release from the discouraging sentence of a "bad back," and enjoyed many years without any pain or fear of its recurring.

When I lifted that box and felt that pain, the thoughts that rushed forward were: "What have I done?! This feels serious. I'm not going to be able to work, or go on the vacation I've planned, or ...." But then I stopped. I recognized that those thoughts were not from God, because He doesn't allow, much less predict, suffering. Having learned that God's allness and goodness are the only really effective solution for any problem, I began to deny that I could be hurt, on the basis that God would not allow anything like this to occur in His spiritual universe, the only real universe. I reminded myself that God is entirely in control; that His will is only for the unfoldment of strength, intelligence, wisdom, and love in the lives of each one of us, since He made us in His image and likeness.

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