Testimony of Healing November 25, 2019 Issue

Healing after fall from horse

Virginia Slachman

I was riding my horse on the trails one day. On the way back, we stopped so he could munch some grass at the fence line beside his pasture. His nose touched the electric fence, and in the blink of an eye, I landed hard on my back as he reared and bucked and took off down the path. I rose, caught up to him, and took him back to the barn. I wasn’t feeling too bad on the drive home, but the next day I was in pain and unable to breathe very well. By the third day, these symptoms were even worse.

I’d recently been learning more about my eternal nature as a spiritual idea of God, as Christian Science teaches. That study had made it clear to me that as God’s creation I’d never been born into matter but had always existed as God’s spiritual image and likeness (see Genesis 1:26, 27), inseparable from and expressing only Him. The answer to the question, “What is man?” in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy was extremely useful, especially her simple statement, “Man is spiritual and perfect; …” (p. 475). So, I knew I’d never “fallen” from that inseparability from God or from my spiritually perfect status.

Inspired by an article in the Sentinel, I understood that I could expect my health to be restored by turning away from the deceptive picture presented by the material senses and establishing healing truths in my consciousness. My uninterrupted health and safety don’t originate in me but in God. I merely reflect what God is and what He makes and maintains me to be. I called a Christian Science practitioner to help me, and I kept these ideas close in thought. After a few hours, I could breathe more easily, and I even took my dog out for a short walk. There was still some pain, but it had diminished noticeably.

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