The Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, at one point asks readers this arresting question: "If thought is startled at the strong claim of Science for the supremacy of God, or Truth, and doubts the supremacy of good, ought we not, contrariwise, to be astounded at the vigorous claims of evil and doubt them, and no longer think it natural to love sin and unnatural to forsake it,—no longer imagine evil to be ever-present and good absent?" The book goes on to state, "Truth should not seem so surprising and unnatural as error, and error should not seem so real as truth. Sickness should not seem so real as health." Science and Health, pp. 130-131.
These words mean a great deal to me. A few years ago, I came face to face with the utter naturalness of the healing truth—as well as the phenomenon of human thought being startled at divine Truth's supremacy.
For six months I had a lump on my wrist. At first it was just a small, hard bump, which I took to be an injury. I claimed a few spiritual truths (sort of threw truths at it) about my life and body, but I soon ignored the problem again. Then one day I noticed it was hard to move the fingers of my hand, and I saw that the lump had enlarged. I began to feel fear as numerous medical beliefs assailed my thinking.
