Testimonies of Healing
My mother became interested in Christian Science when her sister was healed of double pneumonia through Christian Science after her doctors had given up hope for her recovery. As a result of witnessing this remarkable demonstration of the power of Truth, my mother started studying Science.
As I look back on my early childhood, I see that I had a solid home foundation. My parents were both moral and loving.
Eleven years ago, while teaching in a public school, I fell and was severely injured. The doctors showed me the X-rays that indicated a broken bone in my neck and advised immediate surgery.
We've all heard the expression "Put your money where your mouth is. " Well, a few years ago I had to decide whether or not I would.
I am most grateful for the increased understanding of God I have gained in Christian Science. I was not raised in Science but nevertheless was given from my earliest days the simple understanding and trust that God is real, all-good, all-knowing, all-powerful, and always present.
Christian Science has been a way of life for me and my wife for over forty years, and through our study and practice of this Science we have been blessed beyond measure in every facet of our lives. In 1985 we took a trip to Europe.
As a lifelong Christian Scientist, I have had numerous experiences of protection and healing through reliance on Christianly scientific prayer. One memorable healing in my childhood occurred after I had been bitten by a neighbor's watchdog and sustained a severe facial laceration.
As a child I was very impressed with the wonderful stories in the Bible; however, being very serious and somewhat shy, I couldn't imagine a man "walking, and leaping, and praising God," as the man described in Acts, chapter 3, verse 8 , did when he was healed by Peter and John. I pictured that man making a spectacle of himself.
In Psalm 107 we read ( verses 2, 14 ): "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy.
Several years ago I began an in-depth study of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy with a deep desire to get a more comprehensive understanding of its overall meaning, to understand clearly the importance of each chapter and why each one is included. So many statements in Science and Health were familiar to me from studying the Bible Lessons outlined in the Christian Science Quarterly, but I wanted a clearer understanding of their context within the book.