Testimony of Healing November 19, 2007 Issue

FREEDOM FROM THE EFFECTS OF A FALL

BRYAN HALL

One autumn morning a few years ago, I was clearing leaves from a gutter on the roof of our home. Suddenly the ladder I was standing on slipped at ground level, and I fell about 20 feet to the ground. My wife was not at home at the time, but after about ten minutes of lying flat on my back, and reaching out to God in prayer, I was able to get up and slowly walk into the house.

I headed for a comfortable chair, continuing to pray with the spiritual truths that I knew would show me my present well-being under God's care. I had learned in Christian Science that it was essential to face and resist fearful thoughts—which only reinforce the opposite of our spiritual nature and condition. This I did vigorously.

When my wife arrived home, she called a Christian Science practitioner to pray for me. Over the next several days, I felt the wonderful effects of the practitioner's prayers. Although I was unable to lie down, and sat upright for three days and nights, getting up to walk only when there was a need, I made the most of this opportunity to study diligently the Bible and Science and Health.

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