Testimonies of Healing
At the time of this healing, my wife and I were raising three children and had experienced many instances of healing through prayer for ourselves and our children. One Sunday morning at the end of our church service, I went down to the Sunday School, which was located in the basement of the church, to pick up our children.
I was on a long-anticipated tour of Egypt with a group of fellow Christian Scientists. While waiting for the tour bus, I fell off an unseen curb, stumbled, and slammed into a wall.
One balmy summer day over three years ago, I went out onto a rock pile behind my house to admire the late afternoon. While all was going smoothly in my personal life, I didn’t feel I was growing spiritually, and I wondered, “Is this all there is for me? Have I no higher purpose?” As I stepped down, a large rock suddenly gave way beneath me, and I fell.
One morning I checked my young daughter’s permanent teeth that were just growing in and noticed that a top front tooth was coming in horizontally instead of pointing downward. It was clear that in addition to looking deformed, the tooth would be unable to bite food normally.
Christian Science has taught me the importance of being constantly alert about what I accept into my thought. This statement in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, has been an important guide to me: “Watch, and pray daily that evil suggestions, in whatever guise, take no root in your thought nor bear fruit” ( p.
When one of my sons was a young child, a contagious illness of concern at the time was chickenpox. I had seen other children who had struggled through it, so I was aware of the symptoms when I saw my son showing signs of it.
I am immensely grateful for a healing experience I had while traveling with a group that would be visiting a school in the northeastern corner of India near the Tibetan border. As I do every time I prepare to depart on a trip like this, I prayed for the safety and protection of everyone on the trip.
I competed in Masters rowing from 2000 to 2018. In 2017 I had one of my most active seasons.
My husband and I were moving a rather heavy desk with a hutch (cabinet) on the top. The hutch wasn’t anchored to the desk, so although we weren’t moving the furniture far, one corner of the hutch slipped and crushed one of my fingers against the wall.
This author learned that a simple prayer like The Lord’s Prayer can bring complete healing.