One Wednesday evening the writer drove home from the testimony meeting, held in a Church of Christ, Scientist, praying for guidance which would enable her to prove her dominion over error. For several weeks a painful knee had distressed her. Being a teacher of music in the public schools, she had to climb up and down stairs for classes, and this activity was daily becoming more difficult. This particular evening when she arrived home she was unable to open the lock on the garage door. After much turning and twisting of the key, she finally decided there was nothing to do but to leave the car outside for the night.
During the night she awoke suddenly, with the thought of "oil" strong in her mind. She obediently got up and applied oil to the stubborn lock. It then opened easily. She thought, "If only this other problem could be solved as easily!" Taking up the Bible, she opened it at random and read (Isa. 10:27), "It shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing."
Knowing that the word "anoint" means to pour on oil as a sign of consecration, she realized that because man is the exact image and likeness of his holy Father-Mother God, he is already consecrated, and his holiness sets him apart from every discord and infirmity. Being the reflection of Spirit, man is the evidence of divine substance, which never deteriorates but remains forever pure, strong, complete.
