Testimonies of Healing

I was blessed to be raised in a home where Christian Science was conscientiously practised and its teachings adhered to. However, it was not until I was faced with the challenges of marriage and the raising of four children that its teachings became my own and a way of life.

" Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee" ( Job 22:21 ). I became acquainted with the teachings of Christian Science when I was in deep mourning for my mother, who had passed away a few days previously.

Having a baby and home to care for, I felt as some mothers feel—overwhelmed. My commonly spoken phrase was "I just can't get everything done!" And I then felt frustration, guilt, anxiety, pressure, and fatigue.

I attended a Christian Science Sunday School regularly from an early age until I was twenty. I loved and trusted what I learned there, and endeavored to practice the teachings of Christian Science over the years.

In the summer of 1987 a friend and I set out to float down the Gunnison River in Colorado, from the town of the same name into the Blue Mesa Reservoir. In retrospect, floating was what I had been doing mentally as well for quite a while —drifting into trouble.

At one time my employer ordered a sizable "key man" life insurance policy for me, and I had to take a physical examination in connection with it. About a week later I was told there was a problem: the physician had found that I had a heart murmur.

One day when I was ten we were in the gym at school playing soccer. I was the goalie.

Once shortly after Christmas I experienced great discomfort in my abdomen and had several very painful nights. For many years I have had a retail job that has kept me on my feet all day, and after the holiday rush I was tempted to believe I had overdone things, thus bringing on this condition.

I have always appreciated active membership in a Christian Science branch church and the spiritual discipline of working with other church members, learning to be more patient and tolerant. At times when sickness has threatened to overwhelm me, the desire to be at a particular post in church has impelled me to pray more fervently and trust God more earnestly; healing has then occurred in time for me to fulfill my duty.

I am truly grateful to have been raised to know Christian Science. Glimpses of God's great love for us all, and of His ever-presence and power, have blessed and sustained me in my studies, career, health, and relations with others.