Testimony of Healing October 24, 2011 Issue

Persistence in prayer heals effects of fall

Jackie Nash

An experience I had a little over two years ago taught me so much that I have since been able to use and rely on about the importance of an absolute trust in God’s ever-present loving care. 

One evening while getting ready for bed, I caught my foot in the leg of my jeans and took a rather hard fall to the floor. I immediately affirmed truths I had learned from my study of Christian Science, that “accidents are unknown to God . . .” (Science and Health, p. 424) and that I was His perfect, spiritual idea—therefore I could not be injured. I was able to get up slowly with some discomfort, turn the lights off, and get into bed. I prayed to understand my true identity as created in God’s own image, and eventually fell asleep. 

Toward morning, I awoke in pain, and asked myself if I was believing that I may have broken something, and what was I going to do about it? Then I realized my need was to see and understand the unreality, the nothingness, of the accident, regardless of any fearful evidence to the contrary. I was not governed by material laws but by God, divine Mind; matter was not real substance that could be broken or injured; and any false belief that I’d been hurt could not be part of my true identity. 

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