Testimonies of Healing
For about twenty years I dealt with bleeding hemorrhoids. About every three months they bled profusely.
For several years I was troubled by an unhappy marriage and resentful of my husband’s inconsistent treatment of our children and me—being kind and loving one minute and mean and demeaning the next. Since I was someone who liked to please, I wrongly allowed my husband’s dominance and put-downs to rule the family.
The winter of 2022 was extremely bleak for me. Within a short time, three family members and a good friend passed away.
In my yard there is a mango tree. In the summer of 2021, it yielded so many mangoes that one of the branches split from the weight.
My gratitude prompts me to share what took place a few years ago after human impulse overtook wisdom and I intervened in an aggressive three-dog fight. As I attempted to separate the animals, I was severely bitten, and my hand was badly mauled.
One morning as I started to get out of bed, I found I could not put any weight on one leg. I’d been dealing with discomfort in my knee for some time, but I hadn’t given it much thought.
Learning about healing in Christian Science was an important part of my Sunday School years. With the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, as study guides, we students were taught how to pray, and that we would find the answer to every problem by turning to God.
I am deeply grateful for Jesus’ example, his expression of love, compassion, tenderness, spiritual clarity, and most of all, for his understanding of God, which enabled him to teach, preach, and heal with tremendous authority. Mary Baker Eddy, the Founder of The Church of Christ, Scientist, explained Jesus’ words and works—his demonstrations of the healing Christ, the true idea of God—in such an inspired way throughout her textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
When our son was in grade school, he had periods of dry coughing. These instances came at different times of the year and for no apparent reason, as he seemed to be in perfect health otherwise.
In September of 2001, when I had recently retired from teaching, the branch Church of Christ, Scientist, where I was a member was holding elections for First and Second Reader. While church members are free to withdraw their names from the eligibility list, it had always been my practice to keep my name on the list for Readers and other church officers.