Walking freely after foot injury

Three days before I was scheduled to go on a two-week walking tour of Italy, I fell down some stairs and injured my foot. The pain was intense, and a bone appeared to be out of place. I thought I might have broken the foot. I couldn’t put any weight on it, so I wondered how I could carry on with my plans to take the tour. 

Then a familiar Bible passage came to thought: “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee” (Isaiah 43:2). This was a reminder that all disharmony, including this injury, is a false belief, not the truth, and that we have God-given dominion over beliefs of limitation. 

Sitting at the foot of the stairs, I stopped thinking “I can’t walk” and began affirming that my true being was intact in divine Spirit, God. As soon as I felt assured that God was present and governing the situation according to His divine law of harmony, I stood up, holding on to the wall for support. When I put weight on the foot, I felt something in it move, and the pain lessened. 

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