Testimonies of Healing
An inscription tablet in the Lobby of The Christian Science Publishing Society reads: "Christian Scientists and their friends throughout the world provided this building to spread more widely by the printed page the teachings of the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy. 'Let her own works praise her in the gates.
Considering that I have been a Christian Scientist all of my life, this testimony is perhaps overdue. When I was experiencing excruciating pains in my stomach and chest, over a period of some weeks, I prayed sporadically about the situation.
What I witnessed as Virginia was working out her healing was sometimes most frightening to me. I am not a lifelong Christian Scientist, although I have been one for many years, and have seen many healings through prayer.
My family had just met up in Belgium, and we were driving down a highway in the midafternoon, planning to stop early. I had been on a night flight, and told my wife I needed to sleep a few minutes while she drove.
Christian Science came to me when a workmate introduced me to it. I had been going to hospital for daily electric shock treatment to keep finger movement happening.
A beloved psalm says: "How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! .
My interest in Christian Science was at first on an intellectual basis. I expected to find some answers to questions from my Biblical studies, as well as explanations of Bible stories in general.
During a three-week period in January 1994 I had a number of physical problems in which I was sorely tested to put into practice everything I had learned about God, His allness, His goodness, and loving care for His children. I considered all I knew of the omnipotence of God, knowing I had to deny evil vehemently, which is opposed to God's goodness.
After the loss of five relatives in the space of six years, I was sorely in need of rocklike spiritual truths to help me. I cried a great deal, and it was very difficult to surmount the great sorrow I felt, particularly after the loss of a son.
I grew up learning that God is always at hand. In childhood, my health needs were met by the prayers of my parents, occasionally with the help of a Christian Science practitioner.