Testimonies of Healing

While on a trip with friends a few years ago, I took a nap in the car, and when I woke up, I had trouble becoming fully alert. Everything had a sluggish, almost dreamy feeling.

Some time ago, I learned an important lesson about prayer—the importance of being willing to listen to what God is saying and then follow through with putting His guidance into practice.   I was having difficulty walking—there was a lot of swelling and discomfort in one of my legs, making it challenging to accomplish my regular responsibilities as a wife and mother of two active young boys.

Although for many years my needs have been met without the use of medicine through Christian Science prayer alone, I always felt the need for novocaine or a similar anesthetic whenever I had a cavity drilled by a dentist.   About six years ago, however, after making a dental appointment, a sense of protest and indignation—which I hadn’t felt before—welled up in me.

Traveling from a school located at sea level, I struggled a lot once I arrived at the Christian Science camp for children where I would be working for the summer, which had an elevation level of 9,000 feet. It seemed I had a lot of trouble acclimating, and it became difficult to run and even sometimes walk uphill between camps.

While babysitting for my two wonderful granddaughters last summer, about midafternoon I found myself sitting on the floor breathing with great difficulty.   I told the three-year-old and the five-year-old that I couldn’t continue playing Candyland.

About eight years ago, during a tennis coaching session, a ball hit the end of the ring finger of my left hand, injuring it so that the end joint hung loosely in a bent position.   As soon as this happened, I didn’t look at the finger and aligned my thought as well as I could with the spiritual fact of God’s ever presence and the impossibility of an accident occurring where everything is governed by divine Principle.

Thirty years ago, when my son was a toddler, he was diagnosed with asthma. Over a period of several years, there were repeated hospital stays for him and he was on daily medications.

I would like to share two experiences where angel messages, or ideas from God, have blessed me in moments of need. When I joined the United States Army, I had to pass a physical fitness test before I went off to boot camp.

A few years ago my muscles started feeling stiff and sore, making it painful to lift heavy objects, walk, and climb stairs. I attributed this to my age and active lifestyle.

When I joined my first branch church, I started challenging my thought about the concept of Church. This process included seeing beyond the material building and church services to what Church really represented in the community.