Testimony of Healing May 3, 2004 Issue

Prayer brings healing—and much more

Judith A. Belanger

While enroute to a convenience store one afternoon, I tripped over a rock and badly injured my foot. The pain was sharp, but I immediately declared in prayer that I was a child of God, and therefore spirtual. I knew God to be the only power and that because I was His child, I could only experience the good effects He had created. I decided I could continue my trip to the store and complete my errand. All the while, I prayed to see divine Love's control of everything concerning me, as well as the imposibility of accidents or harmful circumstances in God's creation. Remembering that God is everywhere, I put my care in His hands.

When I returned home, however, my foot was numb and swollen, and very painful. Hours passed with no relief from the discomfort, so I decided to call a Christian Science nurse for assistance. She brought crutches to help me with walking, and offered other suggestions for practical physical care. Most important, she assured me of God's love for me in support of my prayer.

At that time, I believed that the next day my foot would certainly be better, and I would be able to walk as usual. Yet this approach, I came to see, was more about trusting in "tomorrow"—than in prayer. It became habitual, I saw, and involved a fearful, willful determination for the physical improvement. I was not really praying with a genuine expectation of spiritual healing. Difficult days followed, until I realized that if I truly loved and believed the words of truth I had declared in prayer at the instant the accident occurred, then I would keep my thought focused on them, give deep consideration to their meaning, and trust God to lead the way. I also called a Christian Science practitioner for prayerful support through this spiritual journey.

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