Testimony of Healing September 5, 2005 Issue

QUICK HEALING OF INJURED FOOT

ELAINE LANG

One afternoon I badly damaged my foot, when, in a rush, I awkwardly stepped through an exterior doorway. It was a mistake, for which I felt foolish. But right away I realized that self-condemnation — even acknowledging stupidity — wasn't a helpful, or healing, state of thought. I quickly turned to God in prayer, confirming that I couldn't be wrenched from divine care, even by my own mistakes.

This passage from a beautiful, reassuring psalm comforted me, so I claimed it as a promise of healing: "I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope" (Ps. 16:8, 9). Because I've found a spiritual approach most effective with health issues in my life, I stayed with prayer, even though I couldn't put any weight on my foot and had to hop from point to point.

That day and the next were tough — difficult days and painful nights. I don't think I was comfortable for a moment, but again and again I refused to be restricted by discouragement, convinced that prayer was sufficient to bring me relief and healing. Since I had lots to do, I also clung to another promise while I hopped around. I found it in Science and Health under the marginal heading, "Honest toil has no penalty": "Constant toil, deprivations, exposures, all untoward conditions, if without sin, can be experienced without suffering. Whatever it is your duty to do, you can do without harm to yourself. If you sprain the muscles or wound the flesh, your remedy is at hand" (p. 385).