Testimonies of Healing
A fun house mirror is designed to distort a viewer’s appearance, presenting a humorously skewed reflection that elicits laughter. But do these make us hasten to find a regular mirror to see if our faces, torsos, and appendages actually have become comically stretched or hilariously condensed? Hardly.
Since I had grown up in Christian Science, it was normal for me to expect healing. And I have experienced healings of all kinds, from toothaches to a badly injured arm to hypothyroidism (see Christian Science Sentinel, December 3, 2012 , and The Christian Science Journal , July 2018 ).
My husband and I were living abroad while he was doing research and I was studying in a translator’s program. During this time, we were delighted to learn that we were going to have a baby.
“Every mortal at some period, here or hereafter, must grapple with and overcome the mortal belief in a power opposed to God,” says Mary Baker Eddy in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures ( p. 569 ).
Several years ago , in the course of a few days, my ankles and feet became swollen and were in severe pain. It was a struggle to stand and move even using a walker.
Reggie, an elderly dog we adopted, was a member of our family until last year. We loved him dearly and he lived with us long past the life expectancy of a dog of his breed.
Many years ago , I was hit by an aggressive wave of depression. It was so crippling that I found it hard to breathe properly.
A landmark experience two decades ago taught me how to pray and demonstrate healing. Some growths had appeared on my body, including one on my arm, and I was very alarmed.
“You had better be prepared for a long stay. ” The medical nurse’s words were designed to jolt my wife and me into recognizing the seriousness of the situation.
In August of 2002 , while on a camping trip, my husband and I took our children for a hike in the woods of an island that we had reached by ferry boat. We were enjoying the hike, but we soon found ourselves in a boggy section of forest.