Testimonies of Healing

A beloved psalm says: "How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! .

My interest in Christian Science was at first on an intellectual basis. I expected to find some answers to questions from my Biblical studies, as well as explanations of Bible stories in general.

During a three-week period in January 1994 I had a number of physical problems in which I was sorely tested to put into practice everything I had learned about God, His allness, His goodness, and loving care for His children. I considered all I knew of the omnipotence of God, knowing I had to deny evil vehemently, which is opposed to God's goodness.

After the loss of five relatives in the space of six years, I was sorely in need of rocklike spiritual truths to help me. I cried a great deal, and it was very difficult to surmount the great sorrow I felt, particularly after the loss of a son.

I grew up learning that God is always at hand. In childhood, my health needs were met by the prayers of my parents, occasionally with the help of a Christian Science practitioner.

At first the only thing I knew about Christian Science was that it was supposed to heal. Because I was in great pain, I went to an internist whom I knew well.

My grandmother was presented with Christian Science in the late nineteenth century. I grew up a Christian Scientist and have had many healings.

For over forty years now I have relied on Christian Science, and have been blessed with several wonderful healings: of a bone fracture in an arm in two days; of shingles, overnight; of a sprained ankle in a few hours; and of other ailments. These healings all came through study of the Bible, together with the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health.

Our church was sponsoring a public lecture on Christian Science. The chairperson of the lecture committee asked me to select citations from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures to be read at a preparatory meeting, and I gladly did so, expecting that the chairperson would do the reading.

A healing I had when I was just out of college was a real turning point in my practice of Christian Science and taught me something about persistence in prayer. I was in my second year of a busy job as a teacher and houseparent at a boarding school.