Several months ago, on a Friday or a Saturday, I began experiencing debilitating pain and immobility in one arm. The discomfort kept me awake at night. It was a difficult weekend. Despite my prayers, by Monday night I was in great distress.
Earlier that Monday, I had mentioned the condition to a Christian Science practitioner who was praying for me about another matter at the time. He said he would certainly include this in his metaphysical treatment for me.
That evening, however, I still had trouble sleeping. As I began to pray again, what came to me was a statement from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy in that week’s Bible Lesson: “Maintain the facts of Christian Science,—that Spirit is God, and therefore cannot be sick; that what is termed matter cannot be sick; that all causation is Mind, acting through spiritual law. Then hold your ground with the unshaken understanding of Truth and Love, and you will win” (p. 417).
