Testimonies of Healing

One morning recently I woke up with a sharp pain in my lower back. I instantly thought that I must have over-extended myself during some task at work.

Almost 20 years ago, while I was helping a friend box up items, a sharp blade slipped and deeply sliced one of my fingers to the bone. Faced with what to do next, I took a “grand pause,” as we say in music.

Some years ago I experienced a spiritual awakening that gave me a clearer sense of the Christ and brought transformation and healing to many areas of my life.   During several years leading up to it, our family had been going through a period of intense friction.

Our son was about ten months old when my husband and I moved into our newly built home. The small porch on the back deck had open railings with a cement slab below.

I am grateful for opportunities I have had to prove that when we listen to God’s guidance and follow it, we experience protection. One example I recall was during an event I attended as a delegate to an international meeting in a foreign country.

Life at my workplace had become increasingly challenging. As manager, I oversaw a team that coordinated a project for a major corporation, and I started to feel overwhelmed by its demands and deadlines.

A few years ago I began having difficulty with incontinence. At the same time, I was going through a rather difficult period winding down the affairs of a prior business, which included protracted litigation.

This author prayed to better understand the idea of peace, as a quality of God, in preparation for the birth of her child.

When my new husband’s friend invited us to join him and his partner for a 12-day trip on their sailboat, I thought, “What an adventure!” But I was a bit apprehensive, too. I didn’t know either of our hosts, with whom we would be residing nonstop during the trip, and I am not a good swimmer.

For years I suffered from constipation, bloody stools, and hemorrhoids. I prayed to be healed of these painful conditions, and at times I also received treatment from a Christian Science practitioner.