Back Discomfort healed

I am grateful tonight for everything I learned here that taught me how to pray correctly and for learning how to live Christian Science as Mrs. Eddy taught. Despite attending Christian Science churches since childhood, I had many things I did not understand about Christian Science. I also had many things to unlearn. That is a story of a long journey to find peace and to feel God’s presence, something I have only found here by living God’s precepts. The Plainfield website offers free access to Mrs. Eddy’s pure Christian Science.

During the holidays, I spent time with my son. During our conversation, I found out that he was suffering from back pain and had trouble lifting heavy objects. The discomfort was limiting daily activity. He had been to a physical therapist but with little effect. Being taught here to discipline my thoughts combined with the many prayers I am learning from the materials offered, I immediately turned my thinking away from this picture to the truth about God and His creation. I know that God is our strength, and He formed us. I continued praying for a couple of days. I was working to keep my thoughts on what I am learning about God and His creation from the Bible and Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. During this time, I remembered that as a child, he had back issues, and there was another close family member who suffered from similar symptoms. Prying for his back issue allowed me to use my current understanding to address the thought that he had any history of back problems or that he could have inherited it. I used Mrs. Eddy’s teachings in Science and Health regarding inheritance. I prayed to see him as not my child but as God’s child as he is. I used pages 390-393 in Science and Health as given to me by my practitioner. I also used the definition of “man” found in Science and Health.

About one week later, I received a text from him. He was so grateful that he could play soccer after being unable to. I was happy to hear because he loves to be very active. I am also thankful for my practitioner’s prayers during these visits and for her regular instructions.

I am grateful for the teachings of Christ Jesus, the writings and example of Mary Baker Eddy, who gave us this Science of the Christ to heal sin and disease, and for the Plainfield Christian Science church Independent workers now and past who sacrificed much to provide the pure teachings of Mary Baker Eddy in show her in her true light.