Testimonies of Healing

As a child I went to Sunday School, so the teachings of Christian Science were always very familiar to me. As a young adult I considered myself a Christian Scientist, even if I wasn’t very active in practicing it.

Lately, I have been praying with this instruction that Mary Baker Eddy gives: “The human history needs to be revised, and the material record expunged” ( Retrospection and Introspection, p. 22 ).

A couple of summers ago , I was running on a particularly hot day and suddenly started to feel so overwhelmingly tired that it seemed as though I would pass out. I slowed my pace and quieted my fears in order to listen for ideas from God, divine Mind.

For several years I was troubled by an unhappy marriage and resentful of my husband’s inconsistent treatment of our children and me—being kind and loving one minute and mean and demeaning the next. Since I was someone who liked to please, I wrongly allowed my husband’s dominance and put-downs to rule the family.

I wish to express gratitude for the lifetime of insight, peace, and healing I have gained from my study and practice of Christian Science. As a fifth-generation Christian Scientist, I appreciate the guidance I received from family members during my younger days, as well as all I’ve learned through my own study and practice of Christian Science.

One morning, I began to feel acute pain in my abdomen. Though it was hard for me to speak, I called a Christian Science practitioner and asked her to pray for me.

For about twenty years I dealt with bleeding hemorrhoids. About every three months they bled profusely.

My gratitude prompts me to share what took place a few years ago after human impulse overtook wisdom and I intervened in an aggressive three-dog fight. As I attempted to separate the animals, I was severely bitten, and my hand was badly mauled.

Learning about healing in Christian Science was an important part of my Sunday School years. With the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, as study guides, we students were taught how to pray, and that we would find the answer to every problem by turning to God.

The winter of 2022 was extremely bleak for me. Within a short time, three family members and a good friend passed away.