As a child growing up in a family of practicing Christian Scientists, I witnessed many healings and found it natural to trust God, Love. One healing that has stood out as a landmark to me in the years since occurred while I was still in elementary school.
I was quite suddenly struck with some type of very painful stomach disorder. (The problem was never diagnosed medically.) My parents, a Christian Science practitioner, and I prayed to know my true, spiritual identity. Although I could hold no food during the more than two weeks prior to healing and was in extreme pain much of the time, I had no doubt that I would be healed. Because I had seen evidence of the power of Christ, Truth, so many times, I knew the prayer being done for me was having its effect.
I learned many lessons while this healing was taking place, and these remain even more precious to me than the complete physical healing that resulted. First of all, I felt absolutely loved and cared for as I gratefully observed the consecrated prayers of my parents and the practitioner on my behalf. Second, many false notions I had been absorbing from things friends at school had said surfaced and were got rid of during this period. Accepting these misconceptions had led to a subtle sense of fear and of being separated from Love. I will always cherish the morning I woke knowing I was completely healed. Besides feeling free physically, I felt God's love all around. I had gained a far deeper sense of His love and care for me, with the result that the pain simply dissolved.
