It was a summer morning. I had a lot to do that day and awakened with a severe headache. Nevertheless, I took my usual time to pray for myself and to study the Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly. Then I got busy with my day, trusting the spiritual ideas about Father-Mother God’s care for Her beloved creation to support my activities and that the headache would stop.
Many times I had found this an effective approach—genuine inspiration from God followed by moving forward with assurance. The conviction that God is the maintainer of all His spiritual ideas has a powerful healing effect!
But on this day, the headache just got worse and worse until about two in the afternoon. I had to stop my activities because I felt so ill. So I found a chair in the bedroom, closed my eyes, and reached out with all my heart in prayer: “God, I can’t even put two thoughts together right now. Help me.” Immediately came a simple, direct statement: “This is malpractice.” In that moment, to be candid, it was the last thing I wanted to hear!
