Testimonies of Healing

There is a promise in Psalms that reads, "Thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. " Just recently I recognized that I have been experiencing the fulfillment of that lovely promise during the past six years.

Christian Science was not part of my upbringing, yet soon after I was introduced to Science in my teens, it became the guiding light of my life. It helped me to overcome sickness and timidity; it made me feel protected and cared for by God.

Raised in Christian Science, I have always been aware of its basic principles, though I did not greatly rely upon them until recently. Even now I realize how much more there is to learn of the lessons that Christ Jesus taught and that our Leader, Mrs.

One morning I woke unable to move one of my legs comfortably or to put any weight on it. I turned immediately to God for help.

About six o'clock one morning several years ago, I was loading a riding lawn mower up a ramp and into a pickup truck. Just as the lawn mower rolled onto the back of the truck, the ramp collapsed and I fell to the ground among the fallen planks.

When I read a testimony in an issue of the Christian Science Sentinel by a man who is not a member of The Mother Church but who experienced a healing through the teachings of Christian Science, I realized I, too, could express my gratitude for Christian Science even though I am not a member of the Church. About fifteen years ago I was in the hospital with what the doctors had diagnosed as infectious hepatitis.

My mother took up the study of Christian Science when we lived in a small midwestern town. When I was seven years old, on a Saturday night, which was a big shopping time in town for ranchers, I was playing around my parents' store with a schoolmate.

It was through the testimonies of healing I read in copies of The Herald of Christian Science that my interest in Science was awakened. It was clear from them how Christian Science was practiced, how divine Truth was applicable to any and every situation, and how the testifiers relied on God.

Although I had been encouraged by my mother as I grew up to take an active part in church and to study Christian Science, it was only after marriage and the birth of a child that I sought to rely confidently on Christian Science. In fact, it was a specific experience that turned me wholeheartedly to Science.

This is my second published testimony, and it is long overdue. My first testimony told of my original encounter with Christian Science when a neighborhood friend invited me to attend a Christian Science Sunday School.