Take a stand for health

God’s grand design is for everyone’s life to be filled with health.

It’s encouraging to learn in Christian Science that when symptoms of illness appear in the body, we can, with God’s help, reverse them and see them disappear. Just as a conscientious attorney disputes false claims against his or her client in court, we can dispute claims of the physical senses that argue for the reality of suffering. With Christ, our divine Counselor, or advocate (see Isaiah 9:6, I John 2:1), at our side, we can stand up for our God-given right to health and be well.

Last winter, when some of the people I was spending time with were suffering from colds, I awoke one morning with similar symptoms. In situations like this, it may be tempting to think, “It’s my turn to suffer now.” But I didn’t want to suffer. So, rather than consent to what felt like an unstoppable illness, I took prayerful action against the symptoms, confident that I could reverse them with an understanding of my God-given right to unstoppable health.

I knew that my health as a child of God, Spirit, is never threatened.

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