I was introduced to Christian Science as a teenager and for three years attended a Sunday School, where I was encouraged to study the weekly Bible Lessons from the Christian Science Quarterly. Learning about God’s nature as loving and good laid a solid foundation for my life.
Later as a mother of two children, and in the full-time practice of Christian Science, I witnessed many healings, including of flu, chicken pox, measles, skin rashes, sinus infection, and broken bones. These healings gave me unshakable confidence that Christian Science heals, so it was natural for me to call a Christian Science practitioner for treatment when I began experiencing pain in one of my shoulders and arms. My mother had suffered from similar symptoms, and it occurred to me this might be believed to be a hereditary condition.
After the call with the practitioner, I felt inspired to vehemently refute the evidence of pain, mentally throwing off as unreal the testimony of the material senses just as unhesitatingly as the Apostle Paul threw the viper that had bitten him into a fire. That day I was freed from the pain.
