Testimonies of Healing

MANY YEARS AGO, my husband, baby daughter, and I lived in a very small town. My husband felt we should attend church in the town where we lived, so we went to his church.

SOMETIMES A HEALING happens so quickly that you forget to give gratitude. Such a healing happened to me a few months ago, and I am now taking this opportunity to say that Christian Science treatment is "quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two–edged sword" ( Heb.

ONE CHRISTMAS, when I was in eighth grade, I was visiting relatives far from home. A couple of days before I was about to go home, I became very sick.

FIVE YEARS AGO on Thanksgiving day, I tripped on a step and fell face down on a brick walkway. I banged up my face and dislodged my two front teeth.

A YEAR AGO in late March, I experienced a quick and complete healing of a growth that had appeared suddenly, making it difficult to sit comfortably or clean myself properly. When I first noticed the growth, the fear I felt urged speculation about the material origin and type of the condition.

ONE SATURDAY many years ago, when I had barely stuck my toe into Christianity and Christian Science, I was rushing around getting ready to go to a Christian Science lecture when my foot hit the corner of a metal tool box. The pain stopped me in my tracks.

FIVE YEARS AGO I notified my employer of my intent to retire after a 30–year career. Not long after I took this step, I began to experience the physical symptoms of what I feared to be prostate cancer.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO when I was in the Peace Corps, a fellow volunteer and I both had wildlife clubs at our respective community high schools where we taught in northern Malawi. We'd taken our clubs to a national park for a week's educational trip, along with two Malawian teachers, 35 village high school students, and ten other Peace Corps volunteers.

SOME YEARS AGO when working as a graphic designer, I found myself hurrying to prepare a presentation in time for a meeting that afternoon. I was making a prototype of a design product using a sharp and precise knife, when the knife blade slipped, slicing deep into my left index finger.

WHILE BRUSHING one of my cats last spring, I noticed a lump on her side. I prayed about the growth by affirming that Dina's life is in Spirit, God, and that she is a spiritual idea, constituted of spiritual qualities.