Testimonies of Healing
As a lifelong Christian Scientist, I can truly say that the healing power of the Christ has blessed me beyond measure. In raising five children, we had healings of chickenpox, measles, malaria, and a frightening fever, as well as of injuries from a car accident.
" To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings. " The very first words of Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy have been for me a platform to trust and lean upon daily This testimony is written to acknowledge God's constant love and ever-presence, seen in numerous examples of comfort, guidance, and healing throughout my life.
For about two years I was very conscious (and felt everyone else was, too) of a blemish on my face. Adults were tactful and seldom asked about it.
I was brought up in Christian Science, but my mother did most of the prayerful work for me in times of trouble. When I went away from home to teach, I hadn't yet learned the importance of praying for myself.
Some years ago during a severe housing shortage, my husband and I were living with his parents in a southern state. After looking for work for a long time, we were both finally hired by an airline company in another state.
As I lay on my bed, tossing and turning with pain, trying to get comfortable, two friends were by my bedside, looking on as though there was not much they could do. But what they were doing was effective! They are both Christian Scientists, and they were each praying silently to see me as God sees me.
Our daughter and her husband very kindly allowed our two grandchildren, Christy and Kirk, to visit us for a week last spring. We were having a happy time and planned to go swimming at an indoor pool that day.
As a lifelong Christian Scientist, I have had many healings. In Science and Health by Mrs.
I haven't left God's kingdom for a moment. I was visiting my grandparents for a week during my Easter vacation.
I have been a member of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, since 1948 and have had many healings and proofs of God's protective care. In 1983 I began having severe pain in my knees which very quickly spread.