"Ask yourself: Am I living the life that approaches the supreme good? Am I demonstrating the healing power of Truth and Love?" These words from page 496 of Science and Health came very clearly one day in 1991 when I felt a lump in my breast. Not being a Christian Scientist, my husband felt I should go to a doctor immediately. But I wanted some time to pray, which he agreed to, as long as the healing would come very soon.
I called my Christian Science teacher and told him I wanted to demonstrate the healing power of Truth and Love but that I was not sure I could. Also I did not want my husband to think I was just being willful in not consulting a doctor. My teacher told me to study Mrs. Eddy's statement 'A spiritual idea has not a single element of error, and this truth removes properly whatever is offensive" (Science and Health, p. 463).
I then decided to rely on Christian Science; I felt I was on my own with God. A wonderful peace came upon me. I had no more fear—only a complete and absolute faith in my Redeemer, that He lives, and that I was living with Him. And if I was living with Him, I could not be subject to anything unlike Him. With this assurance I informed my husband of my decision, which he respected.
