Testimonies of Healing

In Sunday School I was told that there is no sensation in matter. And I read in Science and Health, "Is it not provable that Mind is not mortal and that matter has no sensation?" ( p.

About sixteen years ago, I began experiencing a strange phenomenon. Often, and without even a second's warning it seemed, I would find myself keeling over as though being forced down by a relentless power.

One aspect of my work as a Christian Science nurse includes lifting. And not long ago I had the opportunity to prove, to a degree, how the law of God governs the ability to lift, and subsequently to understand an aspect of spiritual perfection.

This testimony is long overdue. Ever since I was three years old, I have had the privilege of Christian Science as my only physician.

Although I'm a senior citizen, I was surprised to find myself incontinent. I was too embarrassed to tell a Christian Science practitioner and ask for treatment, so this condition went on for a couple of years.

For five generations, my family has been blessed by the healing power of God through our understanding of Christian Science. A recent experience of our youngest child reinforced our confidence in the power of God to protect and heal.

In early 1993 I walked the Milford Treck in New Zealand with thirty others. The second day, above the timberline, just at the mountain pass, a gale struck us.

One of the most helpful healings I've had has to do with reconciliation. Two summers ago, I urged my three sisters to meet after an absence of six years so that we could all be together and talk over old times.

Our family has had many healings through prayer. Healings of poison ivy, rusty nail punctures, impetigo, burns, blood poisoning symptoms, sore throats, hurt pets, are but a few.

My father's family found Christian Science at the turn of the century. My grandmother had had a mental breakdown and could no longer manage the responsibility of the family and the household.