In "Rudimental Divine Science" Mary Baker Eddy, our Leader, states an important requirement for healing in the following words (p. 9): "To heal, in Christian Science, is to base your practice on immortal Mind, the divine Principle of man's being; and this requires a preparation of the heart and an answer of the lips from the Lord."
Many Bible students have found guidance and inspiration in the detailed account found in the fifth chapter of II Kings of the healing of Naaman, the leper. One with some understanding of the teachings of Christian Science may also see in this incident the orderly and necessary steps of spiritual awakening, or "preparation of the heart," that preceded Naaman's healing, or answer from the Lord.
Naaman was evidently a man of both integrity and courage. He had achieved position and honor as the head of the army of Syria. But of what avail was this when he was handicapped by an illness that was considered not only incurable but very offensive?
