Testimonies of Healing

As a child raised in a home where my mother practiced Christian Science, I not only witnessed many Christian Science healings in our family but I also experienced them. Among the various healings we had—of burns, colds, the effects of accidents, mumps, and other diseases—I vividly recall one healing that occurred when I was in the fourth grade.

Our family has had many beautiful healings in Christian Science. Some have occurred quickly; others have required diligent prayer and steadfast trust in the power of divine Truth to heal.

I came to know about Christian Science through a friend at a time when I was facing a severe ordeal. My religion had failed to provide me with an answer, and I had begun to wonder if God was cruel.

When I was a child I longed to know the reason for my being, the meaning of life, and who and what God is. My parents were loving, active church members and, with our minister, attempted to answer my questions.

I would like to add my testimony to the accumulating evidence that Christian Science does heal. I have had so many healings that I would need a book to describe them all.

Christian Science was not part of my upbringing, yet soon after I was introduced to Science in my teens, it became the guiding light of my life. It helped me to overcome sickness and timidity; it made me feel protected and cared for by God.

There is a promise in Psalms that reads, "Thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. " Just recently I recognized that I have been experiencing the fulfillment of that lovely promise during the past six years.

Raised in Christian Science, I have always been aware of its basic principles, though I did not greatly rely upon them until recently. Even now I realize how much more there is to learn of the lessons that Christ Jesus taught and that our Leader, Mrs.

About six o'clock one morning several years ago, I was loading a riding lawn mower up a ramp and into a pickup truck. Just as the lawn mower rolled onto the back of the truck, the ramp collapsed and I fell to the ground among the fallen planks.

One morning I woke unable to move one of my legs comfortably or to put any weight on it. I turned immediately to God for help.