Testimonies of Healing

"The entire education of children should be such as to form habits of obedience to the moral and spiritual law, with which the child can meet and master the belief in so-called physical laws, a belief which breeds disease" ( Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, p.

The healing animus of Christ, Truth, and its wise counsel are always close, as the textbooks of Christian Science, the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, proclaim. I am deeply grateful for this ever-present, divine influence.

Christian Science is the key that has unlocked for me the treasures of an understanding of our dear Father, God. Each healing I have experienced has brought much, much more than mere physical relief (although that in itself is worth a great deal).

My family became interested in Christian Science when I was about four years old. I have been a serious student of it since I was a teen-ager.

An experience I had many years ago proved to me in very tangible ways the blessings that come from obeying the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. " A friend, my six-year-old son, and I were driving down a wide artery in a large city, on which I had the right of way.

I have appreciated Christian Science from the time I was young. But it wasn't until I went away to college that I really began to probe this teaching.

Many proofs of God's direction and healing care have been evident in my life. Every day I see His beneficial plan for His creation unfolding for me and others.

In rearing a son and a daughter, I've had ample proof that Christian Science heals quickly and effectively. It heals more than physical ills; it heals character faults as well, freeing us to live happier, more fruitful lives.

When I was about two years old, my mother enrolled me in the Christian Science Sunday School. However, because my father was opposed, I soon stopped going, and Christian Science was not discussed in our family until I was in high school.

People are generally surprised, when they first visit a Wednesday testimony meeting in The Mother Church, to hear the Reader ask the congregation to make their testimonies brief so that more may speak. Then when the meeting is opened for congregational sharing, the expressions of gratitude are so numerous that people rise and stand to wait their turn to testify to the healing efficacy of Christian Science.