Testimonies of Healing

In November of 1992 I had developed a rash on my face. Since I had to be at the university to finish the last weeks of the semester, I spent the entire week of the Thanksgiving break reading from Science and Health.

At a recent Wednesday evening testimony meeting, the story of Eutychus (see Acts 20:7-12) reminded me of a healing in our family when one of our sons was in high school. He and a friend had decided to work that summer in a small town in Colorado where they were employed by a friend of ours in the construction business.

Recently , while taking Primary class instruction in Christian Science, I woke with an overwhelming feeling of pressure in my head, resulting in fatigue and loss of clarity. I proceeded with considerable effort to class that day, all the while attempting to recall and apply the truths that were already becoming clearer and more tangible to me just a few days into the class experience.

I began to pray when I noticed that it seemed to be more and more difficult for me to get up and to stand. Eventually, it was necessary for me to stay in bed, as I was unable to stand and was experiencing great pain.

Our family came into Christian Science through a healing my grandmother's sister experienced as a young woman. She was being treated by a medical doctor for a nervous condition, and as she did not improve, he suggested she see a Christian Science practitioner.

After 1970, I found myself time and again seriously ill with a chronic kidney ailment, asthma, pulmonary emphysema, and all kinds of allergies. I also had chronic back and hip pain.

I was raised in a family of Christian Scientists and had daily contact with Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. The summer I was sixteen, I listened to a recording of the book while I sewed.

My life has been wonderfully blessed by the study of Christian Science. Healings experienced include those of physical problems, employment and supply challenges, human relationship difficulties, and protection from accidents.

Six months into my first job out of college, the man who had hired me passed on. I was left to my own resources, with little business savvy, undeveloped skills, and no supervisor.

One evening our preschooler went to a birthday party at a children's entertainment center where kids climb, slide, and swing. Some children, however, were running wildly through the play area, and a bigger boy slammed into our son, throwing him hard to the floor.