Naturally and Necessarily

One day last week, late in the afternoon, after a very busy day, I found that one of my hands was extremely painful. It felt as if I had sprained it; I could barely move it. I quietly finished my tasks for the day with my other hand, and I went up to my room to have some quiet time to pray for myself. I recalled a recent Lesson, where Mrs. Eddy said, “The physical healing of Christian Science results now, as in Jesus’ time, from the operation of divine Principle, before which sin and disease lose their reality in human consciousness and disappear as naturally and as necessarily as darkness gives place to light and sin to reformation.” (S&H, p. xi: 9-14) What struck me were those two words: naturally and necessarily. When I thought back on the healings I’ve had in Science, and there have been so many, they didn’t come with trumpets blaring and all kinds of fireworks. They came very quietly and naturally. In fact, almost to where I didn’t even notice it was happening. One minute I was having all this terrible trouble, and just as the light dissipates the darkness, the darkness left, and I could see clearly. I could see what a beautiful world God has created and all the perfection around me. That is how healing occurs, quietly, naturally, and also necessarily. It has to be, because that is the truth of your being. I thought about that statement and it was all that I thought about the rest of the evening.

As I got ready for bed, my hand still ached quite a bit, but I trusted God with it. I had a good night’s rest, and in the morning my hand was 95% back to normal. Very quickly by the end of the morning it was completely healed, and I was so grateful to God. The naturalness of those symptoms disappearing was absolutely a necessary part of this healing.

As a practitioner, people call with problems, and often I am not told how it was resolved. I’ll ask them, and they will say it was healed, almost as though they hadn’t noticed. So please, when a problem is healed and seems so natural, give God the credit! Thank Him; it wouldn’t have happened any other way. God is our great Physician. He is our healer. There is nothing too big or too small for Him.