GOD ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS

BY RUTH OLAWUWO

I'd like to share some healings I had, some moments when I applied the spiritual truth I’m learning in Christian Science. The healing I'm about to share showed me that God answers our prayers. All we need to do is call on Him, and He's always there.

It all started when I went to my aunt's house for a visit. Everything went well the first day, but on the second day I started having stomach pain. It hurt, and I began to cry. Then I realized that I could pray. I thought about how I was made in the image and likeness of God (see Gen. 1:26) and there is no room for pain in God's creation. God feels no pain, and, therefore, I can feel no pain as His reflection.

I also read what Mary Baker Eddy called "the scientific statement of being" on page 468 of Science and Health: