As I lay on my bed, tossing and turning with pain, trying to get comfortable, two friends were by my bedside, looking on as though there was not much they could do. But what they were doing was effective! They are both Christian Scientists, and they were each praying silently to see me as God sees me . . . spiritually pure, intact, calm, and free.
The pain made it difficult for me to concentrate on any substantive spiritual truths, or even to think of God. This clearly was a distraction of what Christian Science terms "mortal mind," the false sense of a power opposed to God. It was as though each time I almost got calm, my body would say, "Nope, you can't be comfortable in matter." In a way, this was true! I couldn't be comfortable in matter! But I could be comfortable in Spirit, God, which is where the Bible says "we live, and move, and have our being" (Acts).
Then a still, small angel thought came to me very clearly: "Be still." Not "Turn this way; then you'll be comfortable" but simply "Be still." This time I was obedient. I was instantly still. I realized my body had no power to make me writhe around, with no control. (The Bible says, "Be still, and know that I am God.")
