The first real lesson I learned in Christian Science was to rely on God for guidance. The understanding of God as Mind enabled me to have an absolute conviction that I would be guided to take the right step when faced with a decision. As a result, many blessings have unfolded, including the finding of entirely suitable accommodations on the three occasions when it has been desirable to move. When I have not felt very happy about a decision that has been reached by myself or by others, I have endeavored to put self out of the picture and have waited, knowing that the right adjustment or direction would unfold in accordance with God's law. And it always has! Consequently, I am also grateful for freedom from the worry and other attendant problems that indecision brings and to be bearing testimony to Mrs. Eddy's words (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 204), "By purifying human thought, this state of mind permeates with increased harmony all the minutia; of human affairs."
Through clearly perceiving that a spiritual idea of God cannot experience a headache, I was once instantaneously healed of one. One evening I inadvertently placed a hand on a hot plate of the stove which had been accidentally left on. My thought was instantly directed to the first two sentences of "the scientific statement of being" on page 468 of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. They read: "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all." My thought was calmed. I determined not to look at the physical evidence and went to bed to read and declare statements of truth. During Sunday School the following morning I earnestly concentrated on the lesson being taught, and immediately afterward I looked at my hand for the first time to find that it was normal except for a tiny mark.
Many other healings and demonstrations have followed, some accomplished with the help of practitioners. One occurred when my husband and I were in a tourist party attempting to climb a mountain peak to over eleven thousand feet. While at camp the previous night, stories had been related of the dangers of exposure at that height and of how easy it was to be lost in the mists which would often suddenly descend. The following day we traveled by car to within seven miles of the peak. After it had been ascended, the party, confident over its success, split into three groups, ours being left without compass or guide.
