Testimonies of Healing
One day another car ran a red light and collided with my car, causing a rollover that appeared fatal to onlookers. Despite the frightening appearance of things, I reached out to God for help.
The author experienced healing when she recognized the spiritual fellowship we all have in Christ.
When at university in South Africa I was an active sportsman, playing on the college basketball team and enjoying a variety of other sports like touch rugby, squash, running, and swimming. But while I loved sports, for years I had a growth on the bottom of one of my feet that caused me pain and discomfort.
In the summer of 1996 I was living at home in North Carolina with my dad. One Friday toward the end of the summer, my then boyfriend caught a ride to see me, and when the weekend was over, I drove him the two hours back to his college in my little green Ford Festiva.
About 18 months ago I found myself with all the symptoms of a severe cold. I called a Christian Science practitioner from the office to ask her to pray with me about the condition.
About 20 years ago I had several instances of discomfort from a wisdom tooth. During that time, my mother passed away.
One day last October, while grocery shopping after work, I suddenly lost most of the sight in my left eye. At first I was tempted to question why this had happened: "Where did this come from?" "Why was it so sudden?" Then the thought came, "Don't try to answer these questions.
As a long-distance runner in high school, my performance each year seemed to follow the same frustrating pattern. I would begin a season well, but my race results would gradually deteriorate until I finished the season worse than I had started.
In April of 2002, I decided to clean some project files out of an attic storage room and filled a laundry basket with old files to carry down to the trash. On the way down the rather steep stairway, I slipped and fell to the floor at the base of the stairs.
For several years, I had an allergy to soap powders and detergents. I couldn't even put my hands in dishwater without them drying up and breaking out in a rash.