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I turned to God
I am so grateful for Christian Science and the many healings I have experienced over the years.
One morning, at the beginning of this year, as I walked down the stairs to breakfast I suddenly felt a lot of pain in one of my knees and could barely walk. This pain was a surprise to me because I hadn’t remembered injuring myself at hockey practice the day before. I immediately began to pray with a line from Science and Health that I love, “Become conscious for a single moment that Life and intelligence are purely spiritual,—neither in nor of matter,—and the body will then utter no complaints” (p. 14). I soon realized that it was not my knee that had a problem; I needed to change the way I was thinking about it. I was seeing my knee as unsupported, weak, unstable, painful, and injured. In order to see myself correctly, as “purely spiritual,” I decided to see the useful purpose my knee served and pray about the true spiritual qualities I expressed, such as strength, support, stability, and completeness. I then went off to school claiming my spiritual perfection in this way. In my third lesson at school, I suddenly remembered my knee. It had not hurt since I turned to God that morning. I was so grateful!
Next year, I finish high school and the topic of future plans comes up often at school. I find that I sometimes feel afraid when thinking about the future because I have not quite decided what I want to do and which university I want to attend. My Sunday School teacher recently pointed out this helpful passage to me from Science and Health:
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September 26, 2011 issue
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Letters
Betty Lynn Evans, Kevin King, Michael Morgan
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Mending hearts
Jenny Nelles, Staff Editor
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‘This makes us see glimpses of God’
Oivind Ostang
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A new era in health care?
Eric Nelson
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Boston Redevelopment Authority approves Church development plans
The First Church of Christ, Scientist Real Estate Planning
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Forgiveness—it’s natural
By Paul Grimes
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Father, what is forgiveness?
Name withheld
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Breaking the chains of resentment
By Aimee Hermanson
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Song for the day
Darren Stone
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What’s happening in your neighborhood?
By Patricia Sharp
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God doesn't create 'natural disasters'
By Jack Hubbell
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I turned to God
By Katherine Brokensha
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Healing on a school trip
By Deanna Scheck
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Healed quickly
Sara
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Keeping in touch
Marta Greenwood
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‘Go, and do thou likewise’
Linda Jewell
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Overworked? take a ‘timeout’ with God
Melanie Ball
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Defeating false witnesses
By Abby Fuller
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Freedom from knee injury
Mary Ann Sprague
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‘I knew God was in control’
Teresa Pinilla
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Jaw pain quickly healed
Wendy Rose Bryden
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Deciding on God’s side
The Editors