Testimonies of Healing

" Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him" ( I Cor. 2:9 ).

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.

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.

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.