Testimonies of Healing

How often has it been said, "What is there to be grateful for?"—when one is challenged with bleak future prospects? In my experience, however, the power of gratitude has brought healing, serenity, and confidence many times through recognition of the reality of God's powerful control. The power of gratitude played an important part in two healings that seemed extraordinary to those who witnessed them.

Although I was lovingly raised in Christian Science by my spiritually dedicated parents, my adherence to Science was rather sporadic. I turned to Christian Science to resolve an inharmonious marriage and difficult business problems, but for years I drifted in and out of any serious study of these teachings.

I have had many healings through my understanding of God in Christian Science, but I take special pleasure in sharing the following healing because it was such a clear example to me of the fact that God gives us all the understanding we need to prove the power of His allness. One Wednesday my husband and I were on our usual seventy-mile journey to the Christian Science church where we attend Wednesday evening testimony meetings.

Christian Science has richly blessed me over many years. It has healed me of numerous physical ills, including fainting spells, a lame back, facial neuralgia, headaches, and a sudden heart attack.

In the decade since Christian Science was introduced to me I have experienced and witnessed many healings. Each one has been important in furthering my understanding of this Science of Christ.

What a priceless gift is bestowed on children by parents who use the truths of the Bible as explained in Christian Science in raising their families! Such was my own experience, and I have been blessed by many healings over the years. What I consider a very significant healing happened about three years ago.

Approximately sixteen years ago, before I became aware of Christian Science, I was diagnosed by a specialist as having multiple sclerosis. In addition, I was told that I would become blind and that I had from six months to two years to live.

When I was in eighth grade I was hit by a speeding car while riding my bicycle on a country road. I clearly remember saying, "I'm a Christian Scientist and don't want to go to a hospital.

My gratitude for Christian Science is boundless. I am most grateful for having been raised in a family where applying the teachings of this wonderful Science was our way of life and for the countless blessings received through my involvement in the Christian Science movement.

One day when I was an older pupil in the Christian Science Sunday School of a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, my teacher noticed me staring at a deep burn on my hand, caused by a spill of hot oil. Every time the wound started to heal, it would open again.