In October 2011, I suddenly lost the use of my legs. They simply would not hold me up. In addition, my back was extremely painful, and I lost the use of my bodily functions. Many nights I sat up all night because lying down seemed impossible.
A dear friend, who is a Christian Science practitioner and teacher, agreed to pray with me. The full healing took about three months. During that time, I had to take a leave of absence from my teaching job and from my responsibilities as First Reader in my Christian Science branch church.
I never did accept that I would remain in a wheelchair or need a cane, that I might not walk upright again, or any of the other dismal prospects that presented themselves to me. I was familiar with the concept of God as Truth, so it came naturally for me to deny the untruthful yet aggressive suggestions of pain, fear, and disability, and to replace these lies with the comforting and powerful truth of God’s law of health and wholeness. I prayed to realize that God loves me, that God and I coexist, and that I am entirely spiritual—in fact, that the truth of my being is that I reflect only God, divine Mind. I began to see myself in terms of living right now as a spiritual idea of God.
