Testimony of Healing November 20, 2000 Issue

Healed when alone on a trail

Robert G. Lawrence

In the foothills of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, near Palm Desert, California, there's a lovely area where visitors are allowed to hike up a canyon beside a beautiful meandering stream. It's a verdant area, lined with palm trees and huge boulders along the stream.

I made my way to the end of the trail. But on my return down the canyon, jumping back and forth across the stream, I missed my footing and fell hard on my tailbone. I wasn't able to get up. There was no one around, and since I was about two miles from where I had begun, it seemed my only remedy was to pray.

I sat quietly in a cool grotto area against a huge jade-like rock. It reminded me of the strength of God. I recalled the words of "the scientific statement of being" (see Science and Health, p. 468), which I had learned in Sunday School and have continued to rely on as an adult.

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