
Testimonies of Healing
For nearly fifteen years I was the general manager and director of a large organization. To the satisfaction of shareholders, principals, and customers, sales and profits grew along with a strong service organization.
My religious upbringing taught me to love God. Yet, my first knowledge that God cured sickness as well as sin was through my fiancé, a Christian Scientist.
Throughout my childhood I regularly attended a Protestant Sunday School and was involved in the activities of this church. But while I believed in God, I did not accept all the teachings of this religion.
As a girl I spent many summers with an aunt who was a Christian Scientist. She would read the Bible Lesson to me and her own children.
Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy states ( p.
I will always be grateful to my father for introducing me to Christian Science by enrolling me in a Christian Science Sunday School. I enjoyed attending but did not fully appreciate at the time the impact those early lessons would have or realize that what I was learning would remain with me as a tremendous support in life.
Many years ago some couples out walking one evening saw crowds of people entering a church. Out of curiosity they went in.
Through study of the Bible and the writings of Mrs. Eddy, particularly Science and Health , I am learning of God and how to rely on Him.
When you have lived a lifetime studying Christian Science and have seen your parents, sisters, brothers, husband, children, and grandchildren healed at different times through the application of its teachings, where do you begin to say thanks? In raising my family of three children, I have experienced harmonious childbirths and have seen healings of fevers, colds, mumps, measles, a dogbite, crushed fingers, and more. I was healed of a severe case of recurring attacks of asthma.
How much I have for which to be grateful! I was five years old and one of six children when a neighbor, who was a Christian Scientist, introduced my mother to this teaching by lending her some Christian Science literature. Soon my mother borrowed a copy of Science and Health by Mrs.