Testimonies of Healing

I knew I had found what I had always been looking for when a neighbor shared copies of the Christian Science Sentinel with me. Soon I was reading Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, along with the Bible.

One morning as I was preparing to leave for an appointment in town, I realized the electricity was off in our area and the garage door wouldn't open automatically. So I lifted the door myself.

As the project manager for my company, I traveled frequently to Europe. During one of these trips I had an upset stomach and was uncomfortable with back pain.

Some years ago, I awoke one morning to the frightening discovery that I could hardly walk or lift my hands above my head; all strength seemed to have left my hands and my body. I started to pray.

I was healed of a respiratory problem that I suffered with for 10 years. Although I never had the situation diagnosed, the symptoms indicated it was asthma.

From the time I was about three years old and all through my high-school years, I suffered from frequent sore throats and colds that led to chronic infectious bronchial asthma. This and other serious illnesses forced me to spend weeks in bed several times a year.

The lecture I'd just attended on the Science of Christianity had been so inspiring that I thought about it all the way home. When I got home and opened the door that leads to our backyard I saw one of our cairn terriers, Robbie, dive toward something on the brick walk.

A couple of years ago I noticed that a small growth had formed at the corner of one eye, under the skin. Initially I thought very little about it, but after several days it became more uncomfortable and pronounced.

My first Christian Science healing took place when I was 18 and serving in the Navy during the Second World war. As a young person growing up, I'd always had boils.

There was a story I would occasionally tell regarding how badly my mother treated me throughout my life. It was a story about verbal and emotional abuse, and I told it well.