One morning in the summer of 1979, four things came together that many would consider a dangerous combination: bare feet, a metal handrail on our motor home, an improperly grounded electrical wire that was connected to our house circuit, and wet grass. When I realized that I was not able to let go of the handrail or step back into the motor home, I called for my husband. He did not come after several calls, so I knew I had to call on the highest power—God. I said out loud, "God is Love," and soon my husband came running out of the house. He disconnected the extension cord that was running from the garage to our motor home. This freed me from the electrical current. Then he helped me into the house. I felt that turning to omnipotent God was what had brought the practical aid needed.
Walking toward the sofa in the living room, I lost consciousness for a few seconds. It could not have been for long, as I remember having a pillow from the sofa put under my head and a blanket put over me. My husband was sitting nearby with Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy in his hand. At that moment I felt a wave of gratitude that we had the truth as taught by Christian Science to turn to immediately.
My husband read the first paragraph on page 384, which begins: "We should relieve our minds from the depressing thought that we have transgressed a material law and must of necessity pay the penalty. Let us reassure ourselves with the law of Love." He finished the paragraph and I asked him to read it a second time. After he had, I asked him how he knew where that particular passage was. He said simply, "I prayed and the book fell open to that page." The first sentence of that paragraph had made quite an impression on me when reading a testimony of healing that had appeared in one of the Christian Science periodicals just a few months earlier. I knew this was the healing message I now needed.
