Testimony of Healing October 27, 2008 Issue

COMPLETE HEALING—IN SO MANY WAYS

MELISSA HAYDEN

In the summer of 2006, I began to feel mounting frustration about not being able to complete a growing list of projects—some of which were already underway, and others I'd hoped to take on. I felt I didn't have enough time, help, or money to tackle them all, and it seemed that very little was actually moving forward. At the same time, I began to struggle with sharp pains in my back, as well as in my leg and foot. Sitting or lying down was very uncomfortable, although I found some relief when standing. I hadn't been praying much about my frustrations, but I prayed earnestly about the pain.

Using Christ Jesus as my model, I've come to trust prayer as an effective means of healing, with wonderful results. This time would be no different, I was convinced. A favorite passage from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures says, "To grasp the reality and order of being in its Science, you must begin by reckoning God as the divine Principle of all that really is" (Mary Baker Eddy, p. 275). To me this meant that my prayers had to consistently and sincerely acknowledge—at the very start—that God is all. Praying further included seeing myself as an individual spiritual expression of that allness, and striving to recognize that "the reality and order" of my being were intact because forever embraced in God's loving government. Holding to these divine facts was reassuring and brought some comfort, at least temporarily, over the next days and weeks.

However, several long-distance trips, which included sitting for extended periods of time and some less-than-comfortable accommodations, seemed to undo the progress I'd made. But there were moments of tremendous joy as well. Gaining the conviction of "God as the divine Principle of all that really is" provided me with glimpses of the utter perfection of His stunning creation as well as the profound impossibility of any situation that could compromise it.

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