Testimony of Healing May 6, 2013 ISSUE

From cataract to clarity

Nancy Gingras

About a year ago, I went to an optometrist to replace prescription sunglasses. After examining my eyes, she told me I had a cataract forming on my right eye. I responded to her comments with a polite thank you, and thought to myself that a cataract diagnosis assumes that I am a mortal. It assumes that my substance is matter, and that matter can involuntarily accumulate and become aged. But I was certain that, as God’s child, I was spiritual, not material.

The optometrist suggested it was not an urgent need, but I would have to address it sometime. I have always trusted God as my help, and I knew that would be true this time, too. 

A few months later I was working on a paper at my computer, and my right eye suddenly became very foggy. I instinctively tried to wipe the fogginess away, but it wouldn’t budge. Then I remembered the dire prediction of the optometrist, and I became fearful. I needed to read this paper aloud at a meeting in a few days, so I decided to call a Christian Science practitioner for prayerful help. 

The practitioner immediately allayed my fear. I became very aware that my vision is the perfect expression of Mind, God. Since Mind is eternal, I reasoned that my vision is infinitely perfect and Godlike. I could rest on that. 

Mary Baker Eddy writes in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: “How transient a sense is mortal sight, when a wound on the retina may end the power of light and lens! But the real sight or sense is not lost. Neither age nor accident can interfere with the senses of Soul, and there are no other real senses. It is evident that the body as matter has no sensation of its own, and there is no oblivion for Soul and its faculties. Spirit’s senses are without pain, and they are forever at peace. Nothing can hide from them the harmony of all things and the might and permanence of Truth” (pp. 214–215 ).

Several days went by, and the condition remained unchanged. The day arrived when I was to read my paper. It took several hours to complete the reading, but I was able to see well enough to do it. When I finished the reading, my vision was clear in both eyes, and it has remained so. This proved to me that there is no reality in matter or matter’s accumulation. The only real substance is Spirit. Vision, as a spiritual faculty, naturally manifests clarity, acuity, and perfect health. I am so grateful for this beautiful demonstration of man’s eternal perfection.

Nancy Gingras
Hartland, Wisconsin, US

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