Testimonies of Healing

I want to express my thanks for the joy, healing, and closeness to God that have been mine through Christian Science. My earliest remembrances are of God being as present as a playmate.

I was the child in the testimony. I can't imagine anyone thinking my parents were negligent.

Growing up in a Christian Scientist family, I learned to turn to God for healing in any trouble. If my own prayers failed to bring healing, I turned to my mother, my grandmother, or Christian Science practitioners.

Just recently I had an experience that I now realise proves the truth of the statement "Trials are proofs of God's care" ( Science and Health , p. 66 ).

On the way to my church one day to do some chores, I suddenly had pain in my chest. As I drove into a parking space and shut off the motor, breathing was difficult and my left arm was completely numb.

I was in bed, not feeling well at all. When Mom came home, she came to me.

Shortly after I became acquainted with Christian Science, I was boiling the laundry on a makeshift stove. As I lifted up the pot, it slipped, and the boiling liquid poured all over me.

Some time ago I discovered I could not see clearly at night nor recognize familiar faces across the street or the room; neither could I see movie screens and TV pictures clearly. I was also having difficulty seeing well enough to play golf and bowl.

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In college I was a bacteriology major. I took extra courses and on-the-job training, and wound up in charge of a hospital and a public health laboratory.