Freed from acute pain
Two years ago, as I walked through a shopping mall, I felt a sudden, severe pain in my back. Breathing and walking became difficult, and I had to sit down on a nearby bench. While I was sitting, I texted a Christian Science practitioner for treatment through prayer. He replied that this would give us the opportunity to discover more of what it means for God to “have my back” and that I couldn’t help but respond to His healing presence. Soon after this, I felt confident enough to walk to my car and drive home.
Later that day, I called the practitioner and told him I thought the problem might not be my back but something more serious. He said something that made me laugh and pointed out that I had been fooled into looking for a cause where it never is—in matter. In truth, matter can’t impact our health. Our health depends on knowing that there is only one cause and that this one and only cause is God, divine Mind, who knows no disease. The Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, says: “Divine Mind is the only cause or Principle of existence. Cause does not exist in matter, in mortal mind, or in physical forms” (p. 262).
Within a couple of days, I was grateful to be completely free of pain.
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