How can I support a dear friend who has invited me to sponsor her in a breast cancer cure walkathon?

We believe with all our heart that prayer can heal any problem, no matter how severe.

Christian Science prayer has healed many cases of breast cancer over the years. Testimonies of healing are available online at http://www.spirituality.com/framework/search_redirect.jhtml;jsessionid=QNWWEJD33R3SFKGL4LYCFEQ?queryText=breast+cancer .

In Christian Science we believe that God is Love. Mary Baker Eddy, who founded this religion, once said: “God is our Father and our Mother, our Minister and the great Physician :”( Miscellaneous Writings 151:13-14) The Bible tells us that God made man in His own image and gave man dominion over every creeping thing. Breast cancer (or any cancer) is one of those creeping things that God gave us dominion over. We gain this dominion over cancer by wholeheartedly believing in the allness and oneness of the power of God’s love, and the nothingness of anything outside of Him.

Since God made us in His own image, and God is purely spiritual, we believe this image can only be spiritual. Disease is material, not of God, and therefore cannot be part of God nor of man. Disease then is a lie about us. If disease is part of us then it must have come from God. The Bible tells us, “Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity:” (Hab. 1:13) This is our authority for telling disease, as Jesus did, “Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me” (Matt 16:23)

When we consistently and humbly align our thought with God’s pure love, we begin to witness healing in all areas of our life. We pray to understand our perfect relationship with God that is always intact. Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy's masterwork, says it this way: “The Christlike understanding of scientific being and divine healing includes a perfect Principle and idea, — perfect God and perfect man, — as the basis of thought and demonstration.” (259:11-14)

So I rejoice that I can support the breast cancer walkathon with all my heart. I can support it with earnest prayer to God for the strength and safety of every participant that walks. I can keep turning to the spiritual fact that God loves His children, and keeps them secure. God gave us life, and he maintains our life. Science and Health states, “Health is not a condition of matter, but of Mind.” Mind in Christian Science is a synonym for God, so health is a gift from God, a gift which is always perfect. The only man God made is pure, perfect, whole, and complete.

This is my fight against breast cancer, and I will fight it with all I have in me.