A number of years ago, I noticed a small, puffy discoloration on my neck. Having relied on Christian Science for healing in the past, and understanding my true being as God’s offspring to be whole and unblemished, I wasn’t afraid of it. But I didn’t often pray specifically about the spot, and for several years it was simply a minor annoyance, although it continued to grow. I’d notice the spot when looking in a mirror, and when I shaved, I had to be careful not to nick it. Sometimes it felt sore, but most of the time I just ignored it. At one point, my wife, who is not a Christian Scientist, said she thought it might be skin cancer.

Near the end of one summer, my wife looked at my neck in the bright sunshine and said, “You’d better do something about that spot on your neck. It’s turned black.” 

It was clear that I needed to pray more diligently about this. While I had prayed about it occasionally, I decided to devote more effort to treating this problem metaphysically. 

I realized that if God is all good and the only substance, then good qualities and flawless substance are all that I can express because I’m made in the image of God, as the Bible says (see Genesis 1:27). The image of God, Spirit, is the only real image, and we are each that entirely spiritual likeness.

In a few weeks my wife looked at my neck and just said, “Good job.” The growth was gone, and she was acknowledging that my prayers had been effective in bringing about this healing.

Rhett Rinne
Chester, Illinois, US