Testimonies of Healing

I HAD HURT MY ANKLE and had to treat it gently. But, for a few days, I was very casual in my prayer about it—perhaps thinking I would "walk it off.

I AM A LIFELONG Christian Scientist. My personal notebook records 53 specific and clear-cut demonstrations of the power of God, Spirit—of Truth, Life, and Love—in my experience.

AT FIRST I wasn't too keen to help. But my husband needed me to hold the ladder as he fixed an electricity pole at the front of our property.

LAST YEAR , one of my teeth became inflamed and very painful. I went to the dentist and he described the dental work that was needed.

I'D BEEN STRUGGLING with a sore foot for more than a week. For no apparent reason, this foot had become inflamed and quite painful, making it difficult to walk.

MY WIFE AND I had just completed a long day of driving from St. Louis to our second home, in Maine.

I WAS SPENDING A YEAR teaching in Vienna, Austria. One day while commuting home on the bus, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach.

I NEVER EXPECTED our family vacation to end the way it did—with me battling what appeared to be a severe case of food poisoning. When it first hit, I was unable to move or breathe easily because of the pain.

I WAS PLANNING to spend that Saturday horseback riding with a friend. But when she dropped the ramp of the horse trailer we were going to use to transport the horses, the loud bang startled my horse, and she bucked me off and ran away.

MY FATHER, my two brothers, and I had started a job remodeling an unattached garage at a house out in the country. The first day was miserable for me.