Testimonies of Healing

During the first twelve years of my life I had one physical difficulty after another. Frequently sick, I had diseases commonly associated with children and had taken all kinds of medicine.

Having heard some of the attempts to discredit prayer in the case of young children, I would like to submit some personal experiences of effective reliance on prayer for the care of children. One morning, after a severe windstorm shattered a glass door, my young son cut his finger on the broken panels.

In the summer of 1987 a lot of renovation work was being done at my place of work, and whole departments were being moved about inside the building. All the employees had to put up with a lot of construction noise, dust, and extra work.

I was talking with a friend recently about the many obstacles that would keep us from writing for the Christian Science periodicals and sharing the healing experiences we have had through prayer. After this conversation I immediately began to write the following testimony, knowing it is through healings that we see Truth demonstrated! There are several healing experiences that were turning points for me as a student of Christian Science.

I was raised in a Christian Scientist family, but Christian Science first became my own choice of the way I wanted to live when I was a teenager. Later, as an adult with a family of my own, I relied on Christian Science exclusively for healing for myself and our two daughters.

Some years ago when my wife and I were expecting our first child, my wife was, according to medical opinion, in a higher-risk group because of her age. But as we prayed before the birth, we never doubted that God was, is, and always will be the only Father-Mother, the one creator.

I am so grateful for the wonderful opportunities my husband and I have had to serve the Christian Science movement actively for the past twenty-five years. In 1965 a major newspaper article about Christian Science caused us to want to be personally involved in the work of the Church.

Because I have received so much inspiration and comfort over the years from the articles and testimonies appearing in the Christian Science periodicals, I wish to express my gratitude by sharing the following healings. One day I was studying some passages in Science and Health by Mrs.

How very grateful I am that my mother relied on Christian Science treatment for me after scarlet fever had been diagnosed by a doctor from the health department. I recall the surprise of the doctor, who, after examining me again the following morning, told my mother I was completely healed.

Having attended a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, off and on for many years, I intended to join the Church—someday. But the question in my mind was always whether there would be enough time to fulfill all of the obligations of church membership.