Testimony of Healing April 17, 2017 Issue

Healed of pain and confusion

Elaine (Ela) Barrett

Several years ago, I had planned to fly cross-country to visit a friend, but on the day of the flight, I awoke with a number of disturbing symptoms, including intense pain and mental confusion. I couldn’t see how I could make the trip.

I called a Christian Science practitioner for prayerful treatment, and she gave me specific instructions to read a long passage in Mary Baker Eddy’s book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. The passage was the answer to the question “What is man?” on pages 475–477. The practitioner encouraged me to read slowly and to think of the passage as describing my true selfhood. With gratitude for the prayerful support, I began to do that and felt better while I was in bed reading.

A part of the passage that stood out each time I read it was: “Man is idea, the image, of Love; he is not physique. He is the compound idea of God, including all right ideas; ….” As I read slowly, I considered some of those right ideas, such as strength, capability, clarity.

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