Testimonies of Healing

Church membership and freedom from a dependency on tobacco and alcohol—these were my deepest desires some twenty-five years ago. I had been raised in Christian Science, and I'd been taught in Sunday School that using any addictive, mind-altering substance was definitely not in keeping with the teachings of Science.

Of all the healings our family has had over the years, the first healing we experienced stands out to me. We had been living in an apartment, and in December we acquired a home.

The Bible calls on men, women, and children to praise God. In fact the book of Psalms closes with the words "Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.

When I was a Sunday School teacher, my students and I would memorize the Golden Text from each week's Bible Lesson outlined in the Christian Science Quarterly. Then we would all see how we could use the spiritual truth contained in this Bible verse in our daily experiences at home, at school, and so on.

Mrs. Eddy writes in Science and Health, "The days of our pilgrimage will multiply instead of diminish, when God's kingdom comes on earth; for the true way leads to Life instead of to death, and earthly experience discloses the finity of error and the infinite capacities of Truth, in which God gives man dominion over all the earth.

One day while I was riding my bicycle I was hit by a car and hurled onto the pavement. Admission to a hospital by ambulance was carried out against my wishes, since I physically had no strength to resist.

I have daily witnessed our Father-Mother God's presence guiding, protecting, and directing me. My profession for many years was in the area of teaching and coaching.

I am very grateful that my mother became interested in Christian Science when I was a young child. This occurred after an aunt invited her to attend a Christian Science lecture.

It has been a privilege to have the help of Christian Science from childhood. My mother became interested in Science before her marriage when she heard that Christian Science literature was very elevating.

" What , time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust" (Psalms).