One Sunday morning about two years ago, as I was on my way to go to church, I stepped off a curb and severely twisted my ankle. For a moment, I was unable to get up off the ground. I was concerned about how I was going to get to my branch Church of Christ, Scientist, where I serve as First Reader. Just then, my husband appeared by my side, put his arm around me, shared some spiritual truths, and helped me get up.
I could stand on my ankle, but it didn’t feel right, and there was discomfort. Immediately, I began to declare the powerful healing truths in “the scientific statement of being” found in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy (see p. 468). This calmed my thought by helping me see that because God is Spirit, His image and likeness, man, is not material, but spiritual. I knew this to be the fact about my life, and I refused to accept any reports to the contrary from my body.
At this point, I found I was able to walk on my own, and my husband left for his branch church (we had both been elected First Reader of our respective branch churches right after we had been married a few months before). I called a Christian Science practitioner, who immediately assured me of my wholeness and of my unity with my Father-Mother, God. Because God is Mind, and we are each His beloved spiritual idea, it is impossible for us to be separated from Him. Our relationship to God can never be strained or damaged. These spiritual facts are infused with God’s healing power.
