Although I'm a senior citizen, I was surprised to find myself incontinent. I was too embarrassed to tell a Christian Science practitioner and ask for treatment, so this condition went on for a couple of years. Then one day in trying to pray about the problem myself, I became very discouraged and terribly upset. This quotation from the Bible came to me: "If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there" (Ps. 139:8). This meant to me that no matter how bad things were, God and His love were still with me. It gave me comfort, even though I didn't realize at the time that this was my healing. The demonstration was actually immediate.
I also suffered from severe arthritis. However, I did not call a practitioner for help. I had recently witnessed the healing of a serious condition of arthritis of someone I know who had prayed for herself. I felt it couldn't be that difficult, so why couldn't I do it myself by understanding God's allness and consequently the nothingness of the claim? I recognized that all there is of me or anybody or anything is in and of Spirit, since God is All; and I saw that there could not be a disease in Spirit. This healed me.
I saw that there could not be a
disease in Spirit. This healed me.
Many friends have moved away or passed on. So I recently realized that I needed to know more fully that "divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need" (Science and Health, p. 494). In this instance companionship was needed. Shortly after I began praying about the situation, I was asked by my church to pick up someone I did not know who no longer drives. This developed into a nice friendship, which has been helpful to all concerned.
One Easter during a lovely weekend with my grandchildren, they seemed to misunderstand things that I said. It was a very distressing situation. I felt under attack. I seemed to suffer a physical problem, as well, which was met quickly by a practitioner's treatment. But the mental distress went on for several months. I was greatly helped by what Mrs. Eddy says in Science and Health: "The human mind is opposed to God and must be put off, as St. Paul declares" (p. 151). As a result of this insight, I no longer thought it necessary to justify the human mind and saw that if it is opposed to God, it is also opposed to me, and I needed to put it off. This certainly teaches one humility. Now love from the grandchildren to me is stronger than ever. All these healings have been permanent. I have long been a member of The Mother Church and of a branch church. Christian Science means everything to me.
