I first experienced healing in Christian Science several decades ago, and I have been relying on Christian Science ever since. My family and I have witnessed many healings of various issues. My deep trust in God’s love for all His children is also supported by healings I’ve witnessed in my work as a Christian Science nurse. So when symptoms of breast cancer began to appear on my body, I turned to Christian Science.
I was fearful, but I knew that a right understanding of the truths we learn in Christian Science brings healing. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy states: “Every trial of our faith in God makes us stronger. The more difficult seems the material condition to be overcome by Spirit, the stronger should be our faith and the purer our love. The Apostle John says: ‘There is no fear in Love, but perfect Love casteth out fear. … He that feareth is not made perfect in Love’ ” (p. 410). I took this to mean that I am made in God’s image, so there can be no room for fear to dwell in my consciousness. I affirmed that God’s law of good was governing me and that I lived in the atmosphere of divine Love.
I was further comforted by “the scientific statement of being,” found in Science and Health: “There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual” (p. 468).
