Instead of seeing myself as a participant in a material history, I needed to accept the true, spiritual view of myself as part of God’s ever-current reality of harmony and peace.
This experience wasn’t about attempting to fix my friend. It was an opportunity to understand and demonstrate Christian Science healing more fully and to share with my friends something that’s very special to me.
I had been given an IQ test, and the results had indicated that I would always be slow to learn and have trouble in school. But thanks to Christian Science, that was not the case.
Rejoicing in God’s power also helps us discern when we’re getting pulled into making a god of human power by seeing someone as either a personal savior to adulate or a personal devil to fear and loathe.
I felt a deep, persistent desire to understand this Science and to really know God. I wanted the kind of knowing that comes from a direct, definitive experience of the divine presence in my life—giving me a foundation I could stand on even if doubts or questions arose.
I began considering the God-given, spiritual qualities that I naturally express, such as strength, resilience, goodness, and joy. I started to realize that these qualities couldn’t come and go; they were hardwired in me.