About four years ago I was a companion to an elderly woman. One morning, during a period of remodeling her home, I tripped on the corner of a rug that had been stored in my room and landed full force on my face. But immediately I was up, declaring that there are no accidents in God's kingdom; knowing that all is well. My nose was bleeding badly. I had a towel in my hand (I had just come from washing up), so I held it to my face while I pondered the many truths that came to thought. Two statements stood out very clearly; they are from the writings of our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy. She says in Miscellaneous Writings (p. 277): "No evidence before the material senses can close my eyes to the scientific proof that God, good, is supreme." Also, in Science and Health we read (p. 463): "A spiritual idea has not a single element of error, and this truth removes properly whatever is offensive." I noticed that the passages say "no evidence" and "not a single element"; not "some evidence" or that a spiritual idea has "a few elements of error." In a short time the bleeding stopped. I then went back downstairs to wash my face again and to prepare breakfast.
The woman I was a companion to tended to be very critical of Christian Science. I was afraid of what she might say when she saw my face, because by this time it felt as though it was very swollen. I had not looked in a mirror but was holding firmly to the two statements quoted earlier. I reasoned that since a spiritual idea has no element of error, there was nothing but perfection to be seen—by and in me and everyone.
The woman came downstairs, and we had breakfast. She looked straight at me several times, but she made no comments about how I looked. Although my face was sore, and it felt as though my nose might be broken, on returning to my room I glanced in the mirror and saw that there was not a sign of any mishap. I called a Christian Scientist friend who said she would pray for me. We both worked with the truth that no breakage or separation from God can really occur.
