Testimonies of Healing
Around The Beginning Of This last year, I came down with a severe case of shingles—a horrible skin condition that I had seen my mother suffer with when I was growing up. Medical books say this condition normally takes four to six weeks to pass and often leaves residual painful nerve damage.
LAST YEAR I STRUGGLED from time to time with negative effects attributed to menopause. I called a Christian Science practitioner for help on occasion but mostly relied on my own prayers to get through the discomfort.
After studying my weekly Christian Science Bible Lesson one Monday morning, I cycled to the next village to do some errands. Many cars passed me, but suddenly a truck struck me on the side.
ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO , while playing tennis I began to experience moderate pain in one of my knees. Over the next several days, the discomfort largely subsided, and I didn't think much more about it.
SOME YEARS AGO, while driving to my son's school to pick him up, I was involved in a serious collision. A car ran a red light at high speed and hit my small car broadside.
READINGS ON A RECENT Wednesday at our branch church included beautifully arranged citations from the Bible and from Science and Health, paralleling the Beatitudes with the tenets of Christian Science. It was such an uplifting correlation and reminded me of a healing that had taken place six years earlier.
MY HUSBAND AND I always imagined our life together with children. After the first month of our trying, and my not getting pregnant, we were disappointed.
A Few Years Ago, some irritating and painful growths appeared on a portion of my foot and toes. I knew that these could be healed solely through prayer, and I prayed specifically about it on several occasions.
One Evening My Son, Brian, and I were headed out to attend a midweek testimony meeting at our church. Pressed for time, we hurried down the steps from the family room into the garage, neither of us bothering to turn on the light.
YEARS AGO, While raising three small children, I began having difficulty swallowing. So much so, I found it necessary to switch to a diet of only baby food, and I rapidly lost weight.