Testimony of Healing February 16, 2009 Issue

HEALED OF IMPAIRED VISION

CLAIRE MCARTHUR

My job involves working full time at a computer. In late 2004, I began to notice that my eyes were feeling sore toward the end of the workday. At around the same time, I had a routine physical checkup that was required by my employer. The nurse who tested my eyes told me that my vision was quite good in one eye but poor in the other. I remember not even being able to identify the largest size letter on the optician's chart with that weaker eye. She gave me a prescription for new glasses, which I began wearing at work. I didn't need them for any other purpose at the time. However, some months later, I noticed there was discomfort when I was reading a book or magazine, so I then started wearing my glasses for this, too.

In October 2006, I went on holiday to New York City and took my glasses with me for reading as needed. I'd been praying on and off to try to resolve this issue with my sight, but it was only during this holiday that I really endeavoured to take a strong spiritual stand for permanent healing.

I firmly planted myself on the spiritual truths contained in the discussion of man (referring to generic man) on page 475 of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, which reads in part: "Man is not matter; he is not made up of brain, blood, bones, and other material elements. The Scriptures inform us that man is made in the image and likeness of God. Matter is not that likeness. The likeness of Spirit cannot be so unlike Spirit. Man is spiritual and perfect; and because he is spiritual and perfect, he must be so understood in Christian Science." This helped me to recognize that my spiritual perfection as a child of God meant that I was 100 percent whole and complete, and I didn't have to settle for anything less.