Testimony of Healing May 2, 2005 Issue

QUICK FREEDOM FROM BACK INJURY

BARBARA STONE

One Friday, as I was getting ready to go to the gym, I bent over to pick up something. Suddenly my lower back twisted, and I was in pain and couldn't straighten up.

As a Christian Scientist I'm used to turning to God for help with every need. I understood that I was a child of God, created to move and act in accord with His goodness. And so my immediate response was not to accept a condition I knew was not a part of my identity as God's child. This conviction was so strong that I shouted out loud, "Get thee hence, Satan. You are not going to ruin my day." I was not thinking of a devil here, but rather a mistake, or error, about myself that needed immediate correction through prayer. I saw that my ability to move comes from God. I thought about the fact that God, or Mind, "... is the source of all movement, and there is no inertia to retard or check its perpetual and harmonious action" (Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 283). I'd prayed with this truth many times before, so I had this sentence memorized. I also held to the following Bible verse and found it strengthening: "In God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me" (Ps. 56:4).

After a minute or two of praying with these ideas, I was able to straighten up. But I was still having difficulty in walking properly. A painful twinge stopped me from moving freely. Since it wasn't a problem for me to stand, I decided that I could do some of my chores standing in the kitchen, while I continued praying. My copy of Science and Health was open on the kitchen counter, and I read the chapter "Prayer," while I watched my laundry in the washing machine and tumble dryer.

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