Article December 23, 2019 Issue

A single moment of insight brings healing

Karen Neff

Originally published in The Christian Science Monitor’s Christian Science Perspective column, July 23, 2019.

One moment I was in agony, and the next there was complete and lasting relief! What had happened?

Let me explain. I was on a business trip when I lost track of the time and of the angle of the sun while sitting by an outdoor pool. My legs were badly sunburned, and by that evening I could barely walk and had to shuffle along.

Later that night I awoke in extreme pain from the burn. So, I did something I’d often found helpful before when I’d had a problem: I turned in prayer to God as my “very present help in trouble,” as the Bible says (Psalms 46:1).

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