Right reasoning brings results

Connie Maria Abel

One evening last spring, as I was getting ready to serve dinner, a sharp knife I’d been using fell from the counter and its point fell into the base of my big toe. I immediately declared mentally that I was not hurt and turned my thought to understanding “the reason why,” which Mary Baker Eddy counsels us to do on page 397 of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. I finished putting dinner onto the plates, holding steadfastly to God, Truth, then moved to a chair and asked for help in bringing supplies to clean and cover my foot.

The angel messages that came to me assured me that I wasn’t a mortal at all, subject or not subject to physical activity that appeared to be going on around me. I was entirely spiritual, the image of Spirit itself. I was perfect forever, and my perfection as God’s image and likeness couldn’t possibly ebb and flow and wasn’t dependent on material conditions.

The pain stopped immediately—as long as I didn’t try to walk. Then, as I continued to pray, I found that I could walk comfortably as long as I didn’t have to put on shoes. The next day was a Wednesday, and that evening I was able to attend my branch church’s evening testimony meeting, for which I was very grateful. I was concerned, however, that it still felt uncomfortable to wear shoes, and I was scheduled to go out of town on Saturday to attend an event that required many hours of walking. Although I enjoy going barefoot, shoes were not optional for this event.

As I thought about the upcoming trip, I remembered a healing I’d had when in elementary school. I had been playing in the woods with my brother and had jumped across a small stream, landing on a board that had a rusty nail sticking out of it. The nail went through my shoe and into the bottom of my foot. The next day, my fourth-grade class was to go on a major field trip to a historical village a couple of hours away, and I wanted very much to be able to go. I don’t recall whether my mother called for help from a Christian Science practitioner or prayed on her own, but I was very much aware that Christian Science treatment was being given. I was able to go on the trip, and I remember the delightful time I had, with no pain or other ill effects from the experience. I hiked all over the village, filled with joy in the knowledge that divine Love does “meet every human need” (Science and Health, p. 494 ).

Remembering and being grateful for this healing released me from any fear of being unable to make the upcoming trip. I continued holding to the truth of spiritual being. I love this statement by Mrs. Eddy: “For right reasoning there should be but one fact before the thought, namely, spiritual existence” (Science and Health, p. 492 ). On Saturday morning, I put on my shoes, walked out the door, and walked all over a large convention center all day with no discomfort of any kind. It has been more than ten months since this healing, and there has been no problem of any kind with this foot.

I am so grateful for every “practical proof of Christianity,” which Mrs. Eddy reminds us Jesus required (Science and Health, p. 351 ).

Connie Maria Abel
Powell, Ohio, US

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