Testimonies of Healing

I was thinking recently of how grateful I am for Christian Science—for all it has meant to me and my family—and I decided it was time to send in a testimony to the periodicals. My mother came into Christian Science before I was born, so God has been my only physician, the one guide and preserver of my life.

I am deeply grateful for all the healings and for the countless blessings the study of Christian Science has brought to my life. This vital teaching has been our family's way of life for four generations.

Come let us sing, Praising our God and our King, Should we be silent? Ah, never. When our branch church congregation sang these words from Hymn No.

I have been raised in Christian Science and have had many healings. I feel it is time to share a testimony of healing in the Christian Science periodicals.

I feel privileged to have been raised in Christian Science. Its simple logic is scientific and precise; its inspired teaching is alive with compassion and hope.

"I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong" ( II Cor. 12:10 ).

This testimony is long past due, since I have experienced many healings, through Christian Science treatment, during well over forty years. From early childhood I was troubled with many maladies—migraine headaches, severe head and chest colds, and catarrh, to mention the most troublesome ones.

About three years ago, one Friday after work I was incapacitated by a severe pain in my side. My wife sensed the urgency of the situation and, at my request, promptly called for prayerful assistance from a Christian Science practitioner.

My heart is filled with gratitude for the encouragement and inspiration I have received over the years from those who have so thoughtfully and generously shared their experiences through testimonies published in the Christian Science periodicals. I'm happy to add my written testimony to those of countless thousands who have recorded how they have been helped and healed by the Word of God, as understood in Christian Science.

For many years when people asked me why I was a Christian Scientist, I felt embarrassed that I couldn't tell of some earthshaking healing I had had. Then one day it dawned on me that I didn't need to feel embarrassed at all.