Testimonies of Healing
Christian Science came to my attention in the waning days of the Second World War, during the severe bombing raids that we Berlin civilians had to endure. My family was always protected.
From my first visit to a Christian Science Church, I knew I was home. A good friend, whose light was shining, invited me to a Wednesday service.
I never found anything to satisfy my questions and desires to know God and myself, outside of Christian Science. Although I drifted away from practicing it after having attended Sunday School, and visited other churches, I did return.
A text on the wall of our church quotes our Lord: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" ( John 8:32 ). Some years ago I went away from Christian Science—my notes, my books, my church, everything.
I am immensely thankful to my parents for bringing me up to know Christian Science. Several times my sister and I were healed by their prayers, and sometimes by those of Christian Science practitioners.
Not having been raised to know Christian Science, I saw a dramatic contrast between what my life was like before and after learning of it. An increased understanding of God and of man's spiritual relation to Him, which has come through my study of this precious religion, has favorably influenced every facet of my life.
I am always so grateful to receive each week the Christian Science Sentinel, and each month the Journal, which include reports of healing. To know that spiritual healing is occurring all around the world is very reassuring to me, as I rely on Christian healing in my own life.
During the holiday season in 1992, when Christmas activities were at their height, I came home from bowling one Friday night feeling very tired. The next day there was a red spot on my leg, and a pain in my groin that just about incapacitated me.
When my wife and I retired, we wanted to devote ourselves to Christian Science as volunteer workers. We prayed for guidance, acknowledging that "desire is prayer," as is stated on page 1 of Science and Health : "Desire is prayer; and no loss can occur from trusting God with our desires, that they may be moulded and exalted before they take form in words and in deeds.