Testimonies of Healing

I Love That We Can heal by applying the same principles Jesus taught a few thousand years ago. Five years ago, when I was seventeen, I had an opportunity to demonstrate this.

SOME YEARS AGO when our children were young, my sister's family would travel a long distance to be with us at Christmas. It was a very happy time for cousins to share, and our children greatly anticipated it.

Several Years Ago a painful and fairly large lump appeared on my neck, almost overnight. Swallowing and eating became increasingly difficult, and this seemed to be a serious threat to my life and health.

Christian Science came in to my life in my late teens. Since a child I had loved the Bible, so it was natural for me to accept that Christian Science was the promised Comforter.

When I was a young man I was aware that my aunt, a respected Hollywood astrologer, had checked her astrological charts to learn how each of her nephews would fare in this human experience. As students of Christian Science, my parents explained to us that despite the loving intentions of my aunt, astrology was a false science—that is, not a science at all, but, in essence, a superstitious belief in a power apart from God.

AS A THIRD-GENERATION student of Christian Science, I now enjoy seeing my children and grandchildren blessed by the truths that Mary Baker Eddy revealed, and I feel a need to write this long overdue testimony. Nine years ago during the week of Thanksgiving, my mother and my daughter and her family were visiting.

"NEVER GIVE IN, never give in, never, never, never. " That admonition is attributed to Winston Churchill in a speech given during World War II.

THREE SUMMERS AGO, my husband and I went with our son to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico where we had an enjoyable time and did a lot of walking in the heat. A couple of days after arriving home, I became weak and unable to enjoy any food.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO when I was a college professor I was scheduled to teach a 9:10 a. m.

A FEW YEARS AGO, before tennis became my sport of focus, I regularly enjoyed getting up early for an easy-paced four-mile run. My daily route took me up and down a few hills, by a highway, behind the fire station, and through a beautiful wooded area.