No effects from a fall
Following a Wednesday evening testimony meeting at my branch Church of Christ, Scientist, in the winter of 2025, I was the last to leave and was walking down a hallway from the auditorium. When I got to the back door, I turned out the lights, but then could see down a different hallway to the Readers’ room that a lamp had been left on in there.
As I prepared to walk down the steps to that hallway, the thought came to turn the lights back on, but I reasoned that there was plenty of ambient lighting. I should have heeded the warning thought, though, because I forgot how many steps there were and fell, landing awkwardly on the bag of Readers’ books I’d been carrying. I hurt my wrist and hit my head on the concrete floor, resulting in a serious headache.
I was so grateful for the inspiring meeting we’d just had, as I immediately thought, “What do you believe about this picture?” The first thought was that the books I was carrying—the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy—inspire, uplift, and support me, so landing on them could not cause any pain or suffering. My second thought was that I would not leave the church believing that there had ever been a separation between God, divine Love, and me. It was so clear that my true, spiritual self was untouched by anything unlike God.
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