I am so grateful to have been raised a Christian Scientist, and even more grateful that I have Christian Science to rely upon in raising our two children. It is indispensable to me, and I would like to relate the following healings as proof of God's love and care for His children.
In 1989, when our son was two years old, there was an epidemic of chickenpox at his preschool. I wrongly allowed myself to believe that it was inevitable for the boy to contract this disease, and I became very fearful. Soon I noticed a few spots on him that looked like chickenpox. At first I was tempted to keep checking his physical condition. Then a strong thought came to me that the real, spiritual man is not under the jurisdiction of material or medical law. In Christian Science, man is governed exclusively by God's law of harmony.
I called a Christian Science practitioner for help through prayer for our son. Two passages from Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy were particularly helpful to me: "When the first symptoms of disease appear, dispute the testimony of the material senses with divine Science"; also, "Instead of blind and calm submission to the incipient or advanced stages of disease, rise in rebellion against them." Psalm 139, beginning "Whither shall I go from thy spirit?" was very comforting to me as well, because it assured me that none of us is ever for an instant out of God's care.
