Testimony of Healing February 10, 2020 Issue

Ankle injury healed

Jules Bremner-Smith

During a game of five-a-side football (soccer), I jumped up to bring the ball under control midair with my right foot, and landed heavily on my left foot. On landing, I felt some discomfort and was hobbling slightly, so during the remaining minutes of the game I clung as best I could to the ideas in this citation from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: “Accidents are unknown to God, or immortal Mind, and we must leave the mortal basis of belief and unite with the one Mind, in order to change the notion of chance to the proper sense of God’s unerring direction and thus bring out harmony” (Mary Baker Eddy, p. 424). I also recalled my Christian Science teacher explaining that this was one of the most effective statements of prayer, because it is both succinct and absolute—meaning it is unequivocal, in a manner that leaves no doubt.

As I went to bed that night, I kept my thought fixed on the truth of this statement. The following morning, despite discomfort, I felt obligated to drive my manual-shift car for my hour-long commute. At work, I was confronted with no end of well-meaning but medically oriented advice. As I listened, I did my best to see that this reasoning came from a “mortal basis,” whilst at the same time acknowledging the loving concern of my coworkers.

Because I still experienced some discomfort on my drive home, I decided to have my ankle looked at by a medical professional. This was impelled mainly by the concerns of my human resources manager, who wanted to make sure I was taking some form of practical steps to care for myself. I also contacted a Christian Science practitioner for prayerful support and explained the situation.

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Image and Inspiration

'Metaphysics, not physics, enables us ...'