Testimonies of Healing

After losing my first child, I was told by a leading doctor that I would lose the second if I didn't stay in bed during the pregnancy. In my sorrow over the loss of the first child, and my fear of losing the second, I was led to ask a Christian Science practitioner for treatment.

At the end of World War II, after moving the family to a distant state, my husband abandoned me and our four children. I am so grateful for the practical application of Christian Science that enabled me to be a successful single parent.

When my son, Chris, was about ten years old, his favorite uncle asked him to be in his wedding ceremony as a candle boy. He was very excited about this and happily accepted the invitation.

Have you ever thought, "Does Christian Science really heal? Can I be healed?" I suffered from chronic head pain for over fifty years, and wondered if I had the spiritual understanding to find healing. The book of John tells us about a pool at Jerusalem called Bethesda, where there lay "a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

In raising two children, my husband and I have relied entirely on Christian Science treatment to solve various problems that have come up, including deep wounds, hearing difficulties, nervous breakdown, broken arms, automobile accidents, stomach troubles, migraine headaches, and lack of supply. I have also experienced harmonious childbirth and the healing of strained family relationships.

When I was in high school my older brother married a Christian Scientist. At the time, that didn't mean anything to me.

As a child I was very fearful of devils and ghosts, which were often discussed as something real and capable of disrupting people's lives. "Who has power in this world?" I asked my Sunday School teacher.

My adult years have been filled with marriage and family as well as seminary education and ordination as a minister in the denomination I joined with my husband. They have been productive years.

I am very grateful for the blessings I have received as a student of Christian Science. We have five active children, and turning to God for health, education, and daily living has met our needs year in and year out.

I'll have to admit to feeling a little disappointment once when I described a Christian Science healing to someone. He wasn't too impressed.