I was busily working in the garden one day cutting deadwood from some dogwood bushes, when a twig caught my eye, badly scratching the eyeball. I endeavored to keep on with the job, declaring that accidents have no place in God's kingdom. However, I was soon forced to stop, as the eye was painful and watering.
My husband and I had been invited out to dinner that evening, and as there was no way we could contact our hosts, the engagement had to be kept. I tried hard through prayer to shut the belief of pain out of consciousness. The eye improved somewhat, and we kept the appointment, but as soon as possible after dinner we left. Driving home I prayed for something to cling to, for the pain was extreme. Instantly there came to my thought these words of Mrs. Eddy's: "When the illusion of sickness or sin tempts you, cling steadfastly to God and His idea. Allow nothing but His likeness to abide in your thought" (Science and Health, p. 495). I wondered if I could recall the whole of that wonderful paragraph. I had never memorized it, but when a new student of Science, I had spent many hours trying to understand it.
As I continued to deny the presence of pain and "listened" to recall the rest of the paragraph, slowly but surely every word unfolded to me as if it were the voice of God. As we arrived home, the last line came to me, and I found the pain had gone completely.
