Testimony of Healing March 9, 2020 Issue

Harmonious childbirth

Christiane Heer

When I was giving birth to my first son, I felt carried throughout the whole labor process. All the usual fears and apprehensions about giving birth were quelled by the powerful message that “Truth stands at the door of my thinking, knocking for admission,” which is a paraphrase of this statement from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy: “A higher and more practical Christianity, demonstrating justice and meeting the needs of mortals in sickness and in health, stands at the door of this age, knocking for admission” (p. 224).

As labor began at midnight, I was at first so surprised by the contractions that I jumped out of bed with each one and thought I could not bear them lying down. But then I determined to stay close to the truth in that quote from Science and Health. With each contraction I turned my thinking away from the body and was determined to feel instead the “knocking” of Truth at the door of my thought, revealing new views of spiritual existence.

The essence of what I felt was Truth’s message to me during this time was this: “My beloved daughter, look, I want to show you something! I want to reveal something to you that you have not been aware of before. I want to show you My salvation and My power and My presence. Man is spiritual and is not born of matter.” To that I could only say deep in my heart: “Yes, dear Truth! I will let You into my thinking.” A complete shift in my thought took place, and I became totally still and able to lie in bed for the next four hours. I was also able to fall asleep in between the contractions.

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