Testimony of Healing November 9, 2009 Issue

HEALED OF PAIN AND INFLAMMATION

SHIRLEY SCHMIDT

My husband and I had gone on vacation, and during the first night at a lodge in the mountains, I was rejoicing in the beauty of the stars as I lingered on the terrace.

Suddenly, I was startled with a sharp pain in my right hand. Something had obviously bitten me, and I could see that my hand was becoming very swollen. I told my husband I was returning to our room, where I soon turned to the Bible and Science and Health to quiet my thoughts and pray for healing. My prayers often address the fact that God is good and the only power, and I've found that aligning my thoughts with God brings harmony to any situation.

But since I was holding the books in my hands, it was hard to avoid seeing the swelling. So I decided to listen to the weekly Christian Science Bible Lesson on my MP3 player instead. I realized that I didn't need to "battle" on my own this idea that I could be separated from God.

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