Sandra Cardwell

Encinitas, California, USA — I’ve found something in Christian Science that I can’t find anywhere else. It’s this: That when I pray, any discordant situation in my life is healed. But I also experience spiritual progress and transformation. And that’s the real gift.

One example that stands out is a healing I had of a severe and painful skin condition on both my legs. I have been enormously grateful for this healing. But the bigger change that occurred as the result of my prayers was not the disappearance of the rash, but a more unselfish and less critical approach to the way I view and think about others.

At times during the course of this healing-nights that seemed especially difficult-I would think of each of my colleagues at work. My friends and family, too. I’d acknowledge their God-created spiritual makeup-as well as my own. As I did this, my preoccupation with myself-and the physical condition-started to fade. Eventually, every symptom disappeared until my legs were completely normal again.

Thanks to Christian Science, I feel like a new person-more loving and selfless. But what I know is that actually, I’m just seeing myself the way God made me to be.