Article April 9, 2007 Issue

what He made me to be

BY CONNIE CODDINGTON

A FRIEND ONCE told me that being humble is the willingness to be what God made you to be. After four years of college and another four of teaching high school, I began to learn what this really meant in my own life.

I'd always wanted to support others in prayer as a Christian Science practitioner, to see and acknowledge God's healing presence and power. And I believed God had put that desire into my heart—that it was part of His plan for me. Being willing to leave my teaching position, so I could devote more time to the practice of spiritual healing, was the initial step. Friends and church members had been asking me to pray for them, and it seemed only natural to move in this direction.

But before I could fully commit, I felt I needed to address something squarely in prayer—a prominent growth on my neck, which had appeared during high school. Over the years, I really hadn't given this growth much attention since I was busy with the responsibilities of teaching. But now, I didn't want such an obvious physical condition to detract from my work in healing others. I knew it was natural and right to pray about it, and to expect that my own healing would come through realizing that this growth was not a part of my spiritual identity. I called a Christian Science practitioner, who agreed to pray with me until the healing was complete.

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