Testimonies of Healing

One recent Saturday morning I became ill with flu symptoms. I was scheduled to work in the Christian Science Reading Room, that afternoon, and to do some visiting afterward.

Several years ago , I woke in the middle of the night with abdominal pain. It wasn't particularly severe.

It is with a heart filled with gratitude that I express long overdue thanks to God for the many blessings that that have come into my life as a result of Christian Science. I was introduced to its teachings by my mother, who in 1922 enrolled me in the Christian Science Sunday School.

When I First encountered Christian Science, I was very confused. I had dropped out of a medical career in the hope of finding something better.

Our preschool-aged son, Andrew, loved to be held by the hands and swung around in a circle. One day as my husband was playing with him, he felt Andrew's wrist shift.

Often, when I am praying about any situation, I will stop for a moment and ask myself, "What's going on right now? What fills all space right now?" This causes me to dwell on God, divine Love, as all-inclusive, all-embracing, and ever present, and lessens any sense of a problem. I am so grateful that Mary Baker Eddy writes, in Science and Health, "Divine Science, the Word of God, saith to the darkness upon the face of error, 'God is All-in-all,' and the light of ever-present Love illumines the universe" ( p.

A Few Hours after dinner I noticed my daughter had been very quiet upstairs. I went to say hello and see what she was up to.

After seventeen years my retail business was failing, and I was becoming increasingly discouraged. It was tempting to just close up.

When Nathan woke in the night with an earache, we began praying immediately. We were so grateful to the practitioner for involving Nathan in the healing process by asking him to think about the passage from Science and Health.

I had been swimming a lot over the summer. One day my ear really started to bother me.