GOAAALLLL!

BY MATHIEU CHAPUIS

During soccer practice a year and a half ago, my team played a match against an older team of 17-year-olds, just for fun. I was the goalie of my team.

The game was going well until a few minutes before the end, when the ball went out of bounds and I had to clear the ball at the five-meter line (this means placing the ball on the ground and kicking it very hard into the other team's territory). As I kicked it, I heard a crack in my knee. Then I felt a strong pain behind my knee. Even though I was limping, I continued playing 20 more minutes until the game ended. Then I biked home about half a mile.

The following day, when I woke up, I could hardly bend my leg. My knee had swollen, and it was still painful. I was very upset because I had a soccer tournament the next day. I really didn't want to miss the event, especially since my team and I had prepared for it all year long. I preferred not to have a medical diagnosis because I've relied on prayer for help since I was a kid, and I've seen it work. When I've turned to God, or Spirit, for help, I've always found a solution. Matter and material remedies have limits, and I knew I couldn't rely on them to heal me as quickly as prayer. So I called a Christian Science Practitioner to pray for me. I also prayed for myself.

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