While visiting with friends in their home, I fell ill with a severe headache. Earlier they had asked me to stay for dinner. Now they kindly invited me to lie down in their guest bedroom, so I did.
As I lay there in pain, I quickly realized that unless I started praying, listening to God for healing inspiration, I would miss out on a happy time. So I opened my thought to God. A specific healing Christ Jesus performed came to mind. In Matthew, we read that Jesus arrived at Peter’s house and saw that Peter’s mother-in-law was in bed, ill with a fever. He went to her at once, and gently touched and healed her. Fully restored immediately, she served them a meal! (See Matthew 8:14, 15.)
I earnestly wanted to feel the gentle touch of the healing Christ. Through the study of Christian Science, which is a Bible-based religion, I knew that although Jesus ascended, the Christ, the true idea or reflection of God, is always present. Jesus declared, “Before Abraham was, I am” (John 8:58). Before the prophet Abraham, the eternal Christ existed.
