A healing a few years ago meant a lot to me because its significance reached far beyond simply removing physical pain. I had had terrible pains in my stomach off and on for some years. I had had help from a Christian Science practitioner off and on as well. One night I woke in severe discomfort and went to my desk, where I prayed, "Father, if You have something to tell me, I want to hear it."
I determined to sit right there until I heard an answer. It took considerable effort to shoo out extraneous thoughts until I felt securely in my mental closet with the door firmly closed, as Christ Jesus demanded: "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret" (Matt. 6:6). Even then I sat waiting for what seemed a very long time. At last quietly, sweetly into thought came the words of a loved Bible verse: "Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Mark 1:11). In Mark's account, this was God's approval given Jesus when John baptized him in the river Jordan. With that message the pain vanished, dissolved. It simply was not there anymore. What the message meant to me was that God loved me as I was, where I was. There were in fact some situations I was struggling with, and the way often seemed dark and scary. God's message of love and healing that night strengthened me to ride out the storms and go forward.
Because of some unfortunate circumstances and decisions, my husband's business was faced with bankruptcy. This would take our house and most of our savings. I had begged him not to go into this business venture because I did not see how it could succeed. This put considerable strain on our marriage.
