Testimony of Healing October 25, 2010 Issue

LEG AND HIP PAIN HEALED

GEORGE BUSHNELL

In May 2009 I began having pain in one of my legs and hip. At first the difficulty was minor and I paid only limited attention to it, as I tried not to give it any reality in my thought. As a lifelong Christian Scientist I understood that it could not be real if God had not caused it. However, the pain was different from anything I had experienced before, and it gradually became severe. I called a Christian Science practitioner for help, who encouraged me to see that I could not experience anything that God, good, was not conscious of and had not caused.

My ability to walk decreased in the days ahead, to the point where I could not stand or walk for more than about 30 seconds. sleeping in bed was almost impossible, so I spent some restless nights in a recliner. All of this made it hard for me to function normally at work. Fortunately, I mostly worked at my home office, and I was able to finish what was needed.

My wife and I both prayed and studied almost constantly to know God better. My physical condition forced us to dig more deeply into what Christian Science teaches about the spiritual nature of material conditions. The practitioner talked often about the need to see more clearly that nothing at all had happened to my God-formed spiritual identity, which could only reflect His harmony and wholenes.

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