LAST SUMMER, I had been doing a lot of physical labor and running a few miles each morning with our new dog. One day, I noticed that my hip was starting to hurt. Although I prayed about it shortly and went about my day, I didn't feel I had enough time to stop and address the situation further in prayer. As the day progressed, I felt I should stop working, but because I owned a small business, I didn't think taking a day off to pray seemed practical. Instead, I took a quiet moment to think about what I had learned in Christian Science.
Throughout my study of Christian Science, I have learned that all obstacles are mental and that the material or physical challenges we face are really incorrect perceptions of ourselves and the world in which we live. The Bible teaches that God made us in His likeness and made everything good. This passage comes right at the beginning of the Bible.
I started to reason along these lines and knew that I did not have to give in to what the material senses were saying about my body. I knew I had a choice. I could listen to what my body was telling me or listen to God. I figured that if God made me, I had better listen to what He was saying and stick to that as my reality.
