Mental surgery

Alice Manger Hofstetter

I had been enlisting the help of a Christian Science practitioner, but she informed me that she had to take a short trip to Paris but that she would continue to pray for me on the way over. That turned out to be the day this healing occurred.

There has been no return of the stomach pain.

It was a very hot day. As I got up from my chair, I felt a stabbing sensation in my stomach. Then this thought came to me, as though it were my own thinking: "I should stop all this fooling around and have an operation." I declared aloud that I was not fooling around—I was very much in earnest. Then an inspired thought came: "Besides, I am having an operation"—that is, as I pray, divine Love is operating within my thinking, giving me a new and healthier outlook, and this change of thinking has an uplifting, healing effect on my body.

I took a bath, and also finished reading a recent issue of the Sentinel. I felt such a surge of gratitude for the love of each and every writer of the articles and testimonies of healing, to say nothing of the editorials. They had cared enough to share.

While washing myself, I felt the washcloth catch on something. As I looked to see what it could be, I saw that something foreign had been expelled from my body. For a moment I was frightened. But I at once rejected this reaction. I realized that this was the outward result of the operation of divine Love on my thinking. I reverently rejoiced in this demonstration of divine Love so simply meeting my need.

On Saturday the practitioner called, and I shared these glorious tidings with her. She, too, was in awe of this proof of God's care. There has been no return of the stomach pain.

Alice Manger Hofstetter
Boscawen, New Hampshire

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