Testimonies of Healing
Written for Der Christian Science Herold "I Will Bless The Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth" ( Ps. 34:1 ).
My parents have always relied on Christian Science treatment for me, and reliance on that prayer has always brought healing. But when I was six years old, I had two healings that especially helped me trust prayer later on, even when problems looked big.
One of The Christian Science Monitor's daily inspirational articles, "Endless summer" (August 31, 2001), described the peacefulness the writer felt as he sat looking out on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire and savored the last days of summer. Yet the things we love about summer, he said, can stay with us, even as we enjoy the other seasons.
About A Year Ago , I was really having a struggle with grief after the passing of my husband. He passed away on a Monday, and that Wednesday, as is true every Wednesday, I would normally attend my local Christian Science church's testimony meeting.
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In 1992, I was having a difficult time working a full day, as I became very tired just doing light work. I finally went to see a doctor.
I have always been a person of faith, but in my youth I rejected all religions because they did not answer my basic questions about God and life. I didn't understand the Bible, either, or the applicability of its teachings to our daily life.
I've Learned through my study of the Science of Christianity over the years that my nature is actually spiritual, not material. Because I've always believed that we're essentially spiritual beings, made in the likeness of universal intelligence, I understood that in the true, or real, sense of being, there can be no pain—that it's actually illusory or hypnotic.
Each spiritual healing I've had gives me more confidence that God is the only healer, and that since I'm His spiritual "idea," I have control over disease or anything unlike God, who is good. In 1990, I found a lump under one arm.
About seven and a half years ago, I started experiencing a hardness and persistent pain on one side of my chest. My first thought was that it was an incurable condition I'd heard a lot about on the news.