Testimonies of Healing

Last fall our church held an election for Readers to conduct the services. I have withdrawn from being considered in the past, citing a busy schedule as a reason for not being able to do the job.

Several years ago I experienced a healing for which I have been deeply grateful ever since. One day while at work, I came down with all the symptoms of very severe flu.

During Easter vacation from school last year my husband and I took our toddler to the playground for the first time that spring. She was having a delightful time until a false step left her flat on her face on the blacktop.

I wish to tell about my very first healing in Christian Science. As a young girl I was very interested in reading about various religions, so I had bought a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.

Praise has been welling from the bottom of my heart for a long time. In a family devoted to Christian Science, I loved to hear my grandmother sing Mrs.

Since the age of nine I have been a student of Christian Science. I did have a few years when I strayed away, but thank goodness, just like the prodigal I returned to the fold.

My wife and I were returning late one night from an out-of-town trip. We were able to catch a commercial shuttle van from the local airport to our home.

We were on a steam train excursion and had been walking around watching the engine being turned on the turntable ready for the trip home. We had to walk through a dark tunnel under the tracks to reboard the train.

I was a pupil in a Christian Science Sunday School as a child, but during my teenage years the family dropped away from Christian Science. When I graduated from college, I faced underemployment, and a deeply rooted mental disturbance troubled me for twelve years.

About four years ago a relative and her husband came to visit us. When they arrived, our relative, who is not a Christian Scientist, said to me, "I thought we would be bringing you the flu germ, but I see you have it already.