One day last summer, I lifted some very heavy bags into the car and was happy that I was able to do it. But a few moments later, my shoulder was really hurting, and the thought came that I shouldn’t have lifted those bags but should have waited for my son to do it. As a Christian Scientist, I knew better than to think I had broken some law of physics or that matter could ache at all. So I quickly recognized that this thought about the bags was not coming from God and was not my own thinking but was merely a false mental suggestion.

I knew that God is not limited in any way and that as God’s child I express strength, agility, and wisdom. I am not mortal; I am the immortal, spiritual creation of God, Spirit, and not therefore susceptible to limitation or self-condemnation. I declared that I was not subject to age or injury. 

But as I tried to wash the dishes, I couldn’t even lift the sponge. The pain was challenging. Then I heard a car outside. It was a delivery person dropping off a box with “Comforter” written on the side. I went out to look at the package and realized that it was a new bedspread that I had ordered. As I turned to go back inside, I stopped in my tracks and said out loud, “the Comforter!” 

I went back to washing the dishes and started thinking about the Comforter, which Jesus promised would lead us into all truth (see John 16:7, 13). It was as if sunshine, joy, and intelligence were filling my kitchen.

Christian Science teaches that the Comforter represents the Christ, the Holy Ghost, revealing here and now the truth of God and the fact that we are all made in God’s image and likeness. I felt the presence of the Holy Ghost—peace, spiritual understanding, power, and inspiration—leading me into the consciousness of divine Truth. This forever Comforter shows us that the physical sciences with their supposed laws are not lawgivers. Divine Science, the permanent law of God, is in charge every moment.

Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes: “There is no physical science, inasmuch as all truth proceeds from the divine Mind. Therefore truth is not human, and is not a law of matter, for matter is not a lawgiver. Science is an emanation of divine Mind, and is alone able to interpret God aright. It has a spiritual, and not a material origin. It is a divine utterance,—the Comforter which leadeth into all truth” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 127).

Within an hour, I was completely free of pain. To me, this healing illustrates what happens when we turn to God and affirm our true spiritual nature, knowing that God is in complete control, is an immediate help, and is all there is. 

I am so grateful for this quick healing. I’m also grateful for Christian Science and that we can turn to this provable, divine Science for help.

Heather Bauer
Suwanee, Georgia, US