I awoke one morning and was unable to walk freely because of a swollen and painful knee condition. In my younger years, I had the opportunity to play competitive sports, including football. I experienced numerous healings of injuries during those years under the loving care of my mother and others, but I never fully understood how those healings had come about. In recent years, as I have approached retirement, I’ve found my thoughts and conversations drifting toward an expectation of long-term physical limitations resulting from age and a rough and active past.
As a student of Christian Science, I have relied solely on God for healing for over six decades. I have learned in this study that I need to face erroneous beliefs. So when I noticed this expectation of limitations developing in my thought, I naturally reached for my pastor, the Holy Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, for help. My prayers included ideas from the Bible such as: “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31). This passage and others from the Bible reminded me that there is divine authority, God’s authority, for my very practical expression of strength. That expression is unimpeded.
I also reached out to a Christian Science practitioner for assistance through prayer. The practitioner shared helpful ideas about my innocence as God’s child. I was reminded that the entertaining of erroneous thoughts—that is, limiting or material thoughts—about myself and others was the only cause of disease. Changing my thought, and maintaining my thinking in the right, spiritual direction, was important. I gained a progressive understanding of who I really am—the reflection of God (see Genesis 1:27). This improvement of my thoughts was trans-
formative.
