Testimonies of Healing

By 1980 I was beginning to feel the financial, family, and social impact of widowhood, and it had me very unhappy. I had to leave Arkansas, where I had made a good life and friends, in order to find suitable employment.

During January 2012, I was in Costa Rica, living in shared housing while volunteering for a sea turtle conservation project. One afternoon, one of my colleagues complained of a stomachache multiple times for more than an hour.

Though articles by me have been published in the Christian Science periodicals, it has been 50 years since my first testimony appeared in the Journal. So I thought I would celebrate this significant anniversary by writing another testimony of healing.

In October 2011, I suddenly lost the use of my legs. They simply would not hold me up.

Medical professionals said her knee might never work again, but the author experienced healing.

I was brought up in Christian Science and over the years have witnessed many occasions when needs have been met through prayer. Therefore, when I found myself suddenly without a job but with two sets of school fees and rent to pay, it was natural to turn to God.

I was planning to travel to Buenos Aires with my family to attend a one-day meeting, and then spend a few days visiting the city. Our 9-year-old and 13-year-old sons were coming with us.

One day, 15 years ago, while working as a seamstress at a friend’s house, the sewing machine threaded needle was driven into my left thumb nail, catching the finger at the machine's darning foot. The puncture was not very deep, but I felt a stabbing pain.

Sometime ago, one of my wrists suddenly became red and swollen. It hurt every time I moved it.

I was in the middle of moving into my new apartment, when I fell down and injured myself severely. Something had happened to my ribs.