Testimony of Healing May 13, 2013 Issue

Freed from pain and restricted movement

Herb Dresser

In late December 2009, I found that it was difficult to move normally without feeling pain in my joints. The most serious challenge came at night. After lying down for a short while, any movement caused pain. Getting in and out of a car was also difficult. I avoided leaning over to pick up things on the floor, and the simple act of putting on my socks was a struggle.

I was able to go about my normal activities, although I moved much slower than usual. During much of this time, I had prayerful help from a Christian Science practitioner. I called the practitioner daily, and he shared helpful ideas. He reminded me that I was not praying to change a physical condition but to gain a stronger understanding of my spiritual identity. I prayed to identify myself with God, to see myself as God—my spiritual Father-Mother—knows me.

I reminded myself that time was not a factor, that since my true being was not mortal, I had not slipped into a condition of suffering at a certain time in the past and that it had continued for a certain amount of time. My spiritual selfhood had no history of pain or restricted movement. I live in the eternal now. My true, my only being is unlimited, whole, healthy now. I can’t get closer to (or farther away from) God than I am right now. As the Bible says, “Now are we the sons of God” (I John 3:2). If time doesn’t affect God or God’s child, then man does not get old and lose strength, faculties, etc. This was an important point to affirm since my body was telling me that I was feeling very old. 