Testimonies of Healing

A few years back, I began to experience intermittent stomach trouble. Gradually the situation became more acute until one day my digestive system stopped working altogether, and I was unable to eat, drink, or eliminate.

I first learned about Christian Science after my youngest child, Maurice, was diagnosed with an abnormal condition. When the boy was eight months old, his pediatrician brought to my attention that his skull was two centimeters larger than normal.

Imagine the uphill climb any father would have in order to forgive his daughter's sexual assailant. But with the "two-edged sword of Truth" ( Science and Health, p.

For about five months last year, I struggled through a long, dark mental tunnel that seemed to have no end. I battled daily with mental darkness that I had never known before.

Every day we would take her from the bedroom to the sitting room and place her gently in a chair. Sometimes we would take her outside to get some sun.

After an accident at work, this author suffered extreme burns. The healing effect changed other aspects of his life, too.

Around The Beginning Of This last year, I came down with a severe case of shingles—a horrible skin condition that I had seen my mother suffer with when I was growing up. Medical books say this condition normally takes four to six weeks to pass and often leaves residual painful nerve damage.

LAST YEAR I STRUGGLED from time to time with negative effects attributed to menopause. I called a Christian Science practitioner for help on occasion but mostly relied on my own prayers to get through the discomfort.

After studying my weekly Christian Science Bible Lesson one Monday morning, I cycled to the next village to do some errands. Many cars passed me, but suddenly a truck struck me on the side.

ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO , while playing tennis I began to experience moderate pain in one of my knees. Over the next several days, the discomfort largely subsided, and I didn't think much more about it.