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From thinking about God to feeling God with me

The thought that healed her was a simple one.

From the February 2002 issue of The Christian Science Journal


Sometimes you pray for physical healing and the healing doesn't come right away. Then it's tempting to feel discouraged. You might think, "This isn't working. I've been praying the best I know how for a long time. Maybe I just don't know how to pray effectively. Maybe I should give up and try something else." Sometimes when I hit a brick wall like this, I think back to a healing I had that's been especially encouraging to me. It was a time when persistent prayer caused a change in my thinking. And as soon as that change happened, my healing was immediate.

One afternoon, I suddenly felt very sick with a headache and nausea. I started to pray. I thought about the fact that God is my Shepherd, and that He loves me—that He holds me close to Himself, just as a shepherd does a little lamb. I thought about how He loves me all the time, and it certainly isn't His will for me, or anybody else, to be sick.

I kept praying with these and other ideas. But when it was bedtime, if anything, I felt worse. I had an important meeting to conduct. So I stayed up and continued praying.

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