Testimony of Healing April 19, 1999 Issue

God's love heals pain in breast

Carolyn Dain

Some months ago, I became aware that I could no longer ignore pain in one of my breasts, which I'd been trying hard to do. When I realized that I was adjusting my clothing, as well as my physical position, to accommodate the discomfort, I knew I needed to take action, so I prayed.

Science and Health points out, "The procuring cause and foundation of all sickness is fear, ignorance, or sin" (p. 411). I didn't think I needed to work on ignorance; and I was trying to live a pure life, so I didn't feel that sin was the culprit. So I focused on fear, which certainly seemed to be uppermost in my thought. "Perfect love casteth out fear." John says in the Bible (I John 4:18). I yearned to feel the healing power of God's love for me. I didn't want to just say the words—I wanted to feel surrounded, immersed, in the protection of His love.

One evening it became really clear to me that I wasn't grappling with a physical condition, but with a belief. And I remembered that years ago I had said something to the effect that we needed to change belief and had been corrected with the reminder that a false belief is replaced with spiritual understanding. Remembering that helped me a lot in overcoming the pervasive propaganda about my symptoms. I was replacing a false belief about God's man with the facts about my true being as His perfect image and likeness.

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