‘I turned to Father-Mother God’

Pamela Chaurand

Thirty years ago, my husband left my four children and me. I experienced a great sense of loss, but my teenage daughter especially suffered from her father’s absence.

We moved to the countryside, although my daughter stayed in Paris to continue her studies. Our new next-door neighbors were Christian Scientists. We started talking, and I quickly became interested in how they described their faith.

About this time, I noticed a lump on my back. I realized it was a mole that had grown very big and ugly, along with a smaller one beside it. I had been studying the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, and I was already relying on my newly discovered understanding of God for healing. I was realizing that I was never alone and that God’s wonderful presence was always with me.

I think I realized at the time that going to a dermatologist was not going to give me the solution I was looking for. I had been planning to go on a seaside holiday, and I didn’t want others to worry or speculate if they saw moles or a big scar on my back from having had them surgically removed. So, when the lumps appeared, I thought to myself, “I can pray about this.”

Then I thought about how much my daughter had been struggling, and I wanted to care for her first, even though I couldn’t be with her. I felt that my daughter’s need was far greater than mine, and my love for her outweighed my worries about my own problems. In a childlike way, I prayed: “Don’t bother about me, God. Just look after my daughter.” I turned to Father-Mother God, divine Love, with all my love for my daughter, and Love won.

A few hours later, the bump fell away. The smaller one disappeared during the night. The skin on my back was smooth, with no sign of any moles having been there at all. This was one of my first healings in Christian Science. My daughter also made progress, and today she is a loving wife, mother, and concert singer, bringing joy to all who know her.

Since this perfect and swift demonstration of Truth, I have learned that quiet, unselfed prayer is more powerful than any suggestion of evil. God, the ever-present, ever-loving Mind, was caring for my daughter and me, and the reality of our identities as perfect, spiritual creations of God was revealed.

Pamela Chaurand
Bergerac, Aquitaine, France

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