Article March 12, 2012 Issue

Picking loquats

Nina

Hi, I am Nina. During the school holidays I was at my nana’s. She lives across the street from us. I was in the garden picking loquat fruits. (They are sweet, tangy yellow fruit that are also called Japanese or Chinese plums.) I was trying to reach a bunch of ripe loquats with my papa’s hook when the hook slipped and fell on my shoulder. It hurt and there was a
 cut. I went back home to tell my mum. She put a big band-aid on the cut. And we all prayed together. I prayed to know that “accidents are unknown to God” (see Science and Health, p. 424) and because I am spiritual I cannot be hurt. My mum and I also prayed with “the scientific statement of being” on page 468 of Science and Health. 

The next day I visited my nana and she told me to read from Science and Health, page 397: “When an accident happens, you think or exclaim, ‘I am hurt!’ Your thought is more powerful than your words, more powerful than the accident itself, to make the injury real.” Then it goes on: “Now reverse the process. Declare that you are not hurt and understand the reason why . . .” 

I understood that the reason I was not really hurt was because I am God’s child, His perfect spiritual idea. My nana also said that the hook could not cause friction with a spiritual idea. I liked thinking about that. After another day, the band-aid came off and it didn’t hurt. The cut was all healed. Thank you, God, for this healing!!

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