Article November 2, 2015 Issue

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By Tarun, grade 4, Chandigarh, India

I go to Christian Science Sunday School with my older brother at a Christian Science Society and rely on prayer for my healings.

One day I was cutting an apple with a knife when my mother was not at home. By mistake, I cut my thumb. My thumb started bleeding a lot, and I cried in pain.

I covered my thumb with a handkerchief. When my grandmother saw it, she called my aunt, who is also a Christian Scientist like my mother. She was upstairs teaching music classes. She came down and wrapped my thumb with a fresh piece of cloth. As we sat side by side, she reminded me of the truth I’d learned in Sunday School, that “man is not matter; he is not made up of brain, blood, bones, and other material elements.” This is from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy on page 475. And the page goes on to say: “The Scriptures inform us that man is made in the image and likeness of God. Matter is not that likeness. The likeness of Spirit cannot be so unlike Spirit. Man is spiritual and perfect; and because he is spiritual and perfect, he must be so understood in Christian Science.”