Testimony of Healing December 24, 2012 Issue

Function restored to hand

Jacqueline MacDermott

On a Friday in June 2011, I had an odd feeling in my right hand. The thought came to call a Christian Science practitioner for metaphysical treatment, so I did. Later I picked up the local newspaper to read, but it slipped from my hand to the floor. I tried three or four times to pick it up and then realized that my right hand was completely useless. I called the practitioner back for more prayerful support. 

Then I went to the Bible. In Genesis we read, “God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him” (1:27). I thought about the infinity of God and affirmed that since God is spiritual, the man He made is spiritual. 

I knew the claim of a useless hand had to be denied. In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, I found this paragraph very helpful: “When the illusion of sickness or sin tempts you, cling steadfastly to God and His idea. Allow nothing but His likeness to abide in your thought. Let neither fear nor doubt overshadow your clear sense and calm trust, that the recognition of life harmonious—as Life eternally is—can destroy any painful sense of, or belief in, that which Life is not” (p. 495).

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