Testimony of Healing February 1, 2016 Issue

Healing of foot injury

Lauren Blake Crandall

I was moving quickly to get my daughter to school a few months ago, and I smacked my bare foot on an open door. As I hopped around in extreme pain, I knew that this was a time for radical prayer! I reasoned that I could decide to go along with the thought that I was suffering from an accident or with what I knew to be true—that God’s law of harmony actually governs me (and everyone) every second of the day. I knew that because I was God’s child, God loved me and cared for me as a loving, protective parent would, and that I could never fall from His presence.

I got my daughter on the bus and took a few more minutes to pray for myself. I noticed one of my toes was discolored and swelling up. I’m a competitive rower, and I was training for a big race. Rowing with an injured or broken anything just wasn’t going to work, and I felt I needed some prayerful help. So I called a Christian Science practitioner.

When my daughter and I have prayed in the past about injuries she’s sustained, we’ve learned about the importance of not being impressed or distracted by what the body is telling us, but instead to listen to what God, divine Truth, is communicating. In order to keep my attention off the injury, I put a sock on my foot so I wouldn’t keep looking at it.

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