Comfort and healing
Christ Jesus promised his followers, “I will not leave you comfortless. I will come to you” (John 14:18). Christian Science has shown me that this statement is both practical and provable.
One morning a couple of years ago, I woke up with a kink in my neck that made it difficult to turn my head. At first, I wondered, “Why did this happen?” However, I quickly remembered that Christian Science teaches that God, good, is the only cause and creator, so trying to figure out what caused a problem just keeps us stuck in believing that something other than God has the power to impact our health or well-being.
I prayed, but the discomfort continued, and after a couple of days, I thought, “Maybe it’s my pillow.” Right on the heels of that came a humorous answer. I pictured Jesus, who occasionally slept outdoors on the ground, waking up and saying, “Wow, I must have slept wrong; I’ve got a kink in my neck.” That made me chuckle! The idea that the individual who most clearly understood and proved that God, good, is the only governor of all existence would consider how he had slept as able to affect his well-being in any way was absurd.
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