A few months ago, I woke with a headache. As the day went on, the symptoms worsened. It was important for me to attend a social outing that evening, and I wondered if I would be able to function normally. Upon arriving at the event, I had the opportunity to sit in silence, and so I humbly used the opportunity to pray. I mentally "stepped up" over the illusive picture of pain. When I did, I felt a deep presence of God's fathering love. I knew I was really all right. Very shortly, all symptoms vanished.
I felt a deep sense
of the fathering,
nurturing love
of God.
A few weeks later, our family was staying at a hotel. That night, our toddler son was not sleeping well, tossing and turning and whimpering. I heard him tell his dad that his ears hurt. I immediately woke up and began to pray. I again refuted the thought that our son could be in pain, as I had done with the headache earlier. Science and Health points out, "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter" (p. 468). That line, to me, meant that there was no other life, truth, intelligence, nor substance; the only life that is real is spiritual and perfect. That's where our son was. When I saw him as not in a material picture of pain, I again felt a deep sense of the fathering, nurturing love of God. Our son immediately fell asleep and slept peacefully till morning. He didn't complain again about his ears, and upon being asked, he replied, "My ears don't hurt anymore."
