Article May 10, 2004 Issue

I wanted to rely on God

Injuries from a car accident are healed completely through prayer alone.

By Cadi Nones

It was my first week in a new position at a technology firm. I had just finished a meeting with a client and was driving back to my office in a torrential downpour. As I was making a left-hand turn, a car that was coming toward me didn't stop at a red light. It came crashing into the front passenger door of my car with such force that my car spun around almost 360 degrees and flipped on its side. I was wearing a seat belt, but I was thrown from the driver's seat against the window of the passenger's seat.

After being knocked unconscious briefly, I remember coming to on an ambulance stretcher when I felt raindrops on my face. I heard the paramedics tell me I was lucky to be alive, and that I had a lot of broken bones. They assured me not to be concerned because there was a hospital across the street.

My first thought was about my car; my second thought was about my new suit—I was hoping they hadn't ripped anything when they put me on the stretcher. And I was very concerned about fulfilling my duties back at the office, since I recall it was a Wednesday, only my third day on the job. But while these thoughts were running through my head, I remembered this statement of spiritual truth that I knew by heart: "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all," (Science and Health, p. 468). Immediately I felt a warm sense of divine protection.