Testimonies of Healing

Over the span of about twenty years starting in young adulthood, every few years I would experience the symptoms of a mild heart attack. Each time this happened, I would declare the truth of my being—ideas that I had learned through studying Christian Science: that I am not material but spiritual, and therefore not subject to material conditions; that God loves me and is all-powerful and always present, keeping me safe in His kingdom; that my life is pure, created and governed by God, and cannot be defective or contaminated; that any claim of mortal discord has to be an illusion, because “all things were made by him [the Word of God]; and without him was not any thing made that was made” ( John 1:3 ); that I cannot be separated from God, who is Life itself and fills all space; that God is the only Mind, and therefore I cannot be made to believe in something that God does not know; that there is no mortal law of heredity, time, or limitation on God’s idea, since, as Mary Baker Eddy writes, “God’s law is in three words, ‘I am All;’ and this perfect law is ever present to rebuke any claim of another law” ( No and Yes, p.

Over two years ago, I became aware of a lump in my breast, and I immediately called a Christian Science practitioner to pray for me for healing. It was not until a day or two later that I realized it was breast cancer awareness month.

Shortly after graduating from college, I developed a pessimistic outlook on many areas of my life. I felt I didn’t need Christian Science and had stopped attending church years earlier.

One day, while walking our dog down an icy driveway, I slipped and fell. As I lay there, I thought about the experience of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science and author of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.

About ten years ago my husband began detecting a gradual loss of vision in his right eye, which continued until all vision in the eye was lost. He asked me to pray with him for healing through Christian Science treatment.

This author was healed when she had a fresh understanding of God and herself as God’s reflection.

Our son was attending a camp for Christian Scientists one summer, when I received a call that while on a rock climbing trip, he had been bitten by a rattlesnake. I was away from home, driving in another state, when the call came in, and at first I felt a sense of panic as I called the few Christian Science practitioners whose numbers were in my cellphone.

This author’s joy for the Christmas season and its true meaning was restored when she turned to God in prayer.

In the mid-1970s, I was a member of a fledgling band, and we were invited to play a set at a festival in an amphitheater atop a mountain. Speakers from various organizations were also scheduled to appear.

I cannot let another day go by without giving gratitude for one particular healing that resulted from listening to a recording from the “Record of Truth” podcast on JSH-Online. com (see “ Gratitude for the Bible and how Christian Science has brought its healing power to light ,” with Moji George, Neera Kapur, and Jackie Collins, November 24, 2017, and the interview section of this December Journal for an adapted transcript).