Testimonies of Healing

I recently experienced a trying time that brought me closer to God. A couple of years into our marriage, my husband and I decided we were ready to have children.

I was working at a newspaper selling ad space, and I was walking around town looking for business.   It was raining.

I am so grateful for the inspiration that came to Mary Baker Eddy to give Christian Science to the world, and for her writings and for her establishing the periodicals and the weekly Bible Lessons. How blessed we are to have, at our fingertips, fresh inspiration when it is needed.

I began to experience intense pain in my head in the middle of a planning meeting at the university where I worked. Sensing that something was desperately wrong, the people in the room became quiet and fearful.

Early last year I was participating with great love and enthusiasm in a weeklong Christian Science nursing course in Chile, when an alarming atmosphere of fear and negativity began spreading through our country due to the global pandemic.   I work part-time and had taken the week off to attend the Christian Science nursing course in my city.

Early in my career with the United States Navy, while in the process of reporting to my first submarine, I had to undergo a physical examination. I had gone through several such exams for the Navy at this point, which I viewed as something the military required to ascertain that I was healthy enough to do my job.

Instead of asking herself “Am I healed yet?” this author realized that recognizing her perfection, as God’s reflection, was the starting point for healing.

It is long overdue for me to express my gratitude for the healing efficacy of Christian Science, and for all of the healings I have experienced and witnessed through the years. Having grown up in a home with parents who practiced this Science, I learned early on that when discord or inharmony of any kind presents itself, I can pray and rely on God’s unerring direction to guide me.

One of my favorite Bible citations is from Second Timothy: “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine” ( 4:2 ). I’ve taken this as a reminder that no matter what the circumstances, no matter what I’m doing, I need to have a readiness to engage in mental or audible prayer.

I smoked for many years and tried countless times to quit. While there were days I didn’t smoke at all, I did turn to smoking to relieve stress, as I felt it offered me a measure of peace.