Testimonies of Healing

One Sunday after church I fell, hitting my face hard on the pavement. I stayed on the ground a few moments, unable to get up.

Some years ago I had an internal illness so debilitating that I could not carry out my activities as a homemaker and mother of four. Instead my family had to care for me.

Throughout her writings, Mary Baker Eddy advises us not to look to the human body for either positive or negative signs of health, but to know that we live in Spirit, not matter. Even though I grew up a Christian Scientist and had many wonderful healings, I always had a habit of praying about a condition and then checking the body for improvement.

This testimony is an expression of joy and gratitude for all the wonderful experiences I have had through the study of Christian Science, learning of the allness and ever-presence of God. Physical healings, employment problems, financial hardship, and housing problems have been resolved through reliance on God alone.

A healing that occurred when I was a small child has been a great source of inspiration to me. I became very ill with influenza.

After a lifetime of protection, direction, and healing through the daily study and application of Christian Science, it is time that I submit this heartfelt testimony of gratitude! My father became a Christian Science practitioner when I was very young. As a result, whenever I had any difficulty, he was immediately aware of it and healed the problem through prayer.

We have four generations of Christian Scientists in our family and have had numerous healings. When our eldest son was fifteen months old, he was crawling by the kitchen stove; a pot overturned and hot coffee poured over his unprotected back.

When we were expecting our third child, we wanted a home birth, but early in the pregnancy I developed a bleeding condition. I had been praying for a harmonious birth all along, and I saw this as an opportunity to grow in my understanding of God as Life.

Throughout my fifteen years in Christian Science I have had proof that we can trust the power of the Christ, Truth, to heal discord, right from the beginning of our "adventure" in studying this marvelous Science. We have had healings in our family of a broken nose, jaundice, seasonal colds and flu, and headaches.

" Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? .