Testimonies of Healing

I am so very grateful for a healing I had in October last year. One day I could feel symptoms of a cold, and by evening I was experiencing a fever and sore throat.

The writer experiences spiritual growth and healing as she learns to be patient, spiritually expectant, and unafraid.

Christian Science was the only religion taught and practiced in my family with five siblings. We lived in the Territory of Hawaii, on the island of Hawaii, and had an active Christian Science Society.

Several years ago I began experiencing severe chest pains on occasion during the night. I was fearful I might pass on, so each time this happened I rose from bed and paced the floor, praying.

I grew up attending the Christian Science Sunday School and generally listened to my parents and tried my best to follow the Ten Commandments and the teachings of Christ Jesus. Challenges that arose were met through prayer and spiritual study.

“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands” ( Psalms 100:1 ). After reading this in Sunday School, I asked my student, who was about eight years old, how she would make a joyful noise to the Lord.

This author was bitten by a poisonous snake and, in learning more about God and His creatures, she was healed.

In her book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy gives striking guidance to those confronted with an injury. She states: “Declare that you are not hurt and understand the reason why, and you will find the ensuing good effects to be in exact proportion to your disbelief in physics, and your fidelity to divine metaphysics, confidence in God as All, which the Scriptures declare Him to be” ( p.

Several summers ago, I was a counselor at a summer camp for young Christian Scientists. Before the campers arrived, I suffered a blow to the face playing soccer, and it appeared that I had broken my nose.

For many years I had repetitive and severe menstrual struggles that seemed to take over my life. I traveled often for work, so having days of pain and immobility were not helpful to me or my co-workers.