Testimonies of Healing

It is high time for me to give thanks for all that Christian Science has done for me throughout my life. I am most appreciative of my mother's faith in God, which steered my life into what the Bible calls the "strait" and "narrow" way.

In 1990 I was sentenced to a term of 25 years in prison for a crime of sexual battery. While I was being held at a jail waiting to be transferred to a maximum-security institution, I was handed a letter addressed to someone else.

Two notable healings occurred soon after I married. My husband and I had moved to a coastal city.

I'd like to tell about a healing I had of a big wart on the bottom of my big toe. My mom and I started to pray.

A friend and I decided to go into the restaurant business together. Since he had another business of his own and could devote no time to the restaurant, our agreement was that he would provide the necessary financing and I would supply the management.

On looking back to last year, when my wife passed on, I realise how much I owe to Christian Science for showing me how gratitude dispels grief. My dear wife and I had shared so many wonderful years together, and part of what we had been learning was more of what Christianity teaches about our identity as God's child.

At the time my daughter was born, I was considered past the normally accepted age that a woman should be having her first child. During my sixth month, I engaged a doctor who was willing to assist with natural childbirth.

"Good is natural and primitive. It is not miraculous to itself" ( Science and Health, p.

My oldest son (then five years old) was healed through Christian Science treatment when he was in the hospital, paralyzed, and running a very high fever. The situation looked hopeless.

I was alone in my car and just taking a turn onto the motorway when I noticed a man needing a lift. He seemed quite desperate, so I stopped and let him in.