Testimonies of Healing
During a recent Wednesday testimony meeting at a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, I felt that the citations from the Bible and from our textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, emphasized the overcoming of fear through receptivity and an understanding of Love.
At one time my husband and I stayed with my parents during the summer months, managing a family-owned resort hotel. This particular summer there had been several guest-employee relationship problems that seemed to annoy me.
Over forty years ago I was introduced to Christian Science by a medical specialist. I had gone to this specialist after other doctors had failed to cure me of a chronic intestinal disorder that had resulted in considerable loss of weight and extreme discomfort.
Since my first testimony was published in 1975, I have had many experiences to be grateful for as a result of my continued study of Christian Science. Some years ago I was afflicted with severe and sometimes crippling pain on one side of my body and down one leg.
"Filled Up Full. " Besides being the title of a children's book published by The Christian Science Publishing Society, it summarizes a big lesson my husband and I learned when we were aboard the DC10 plane that slid into Boston Harbor in January 1982.
The increased understanding of God that my husband and I have gained through the study of Christian Science has brought many healings. We have been sustained financially, physically, and mentally through the recognition that God is our ever-present Father-Mother.
My husband and I have found Christian Science prayer and trusting one's children to God to be the safest, surest method of healing. One outstanding healing was of our daughter's teeth.
Although I attended a Christian Science Sunday School from an early age, I didn't actually begin to study Christian Science until I was fourteen. At that time I was extremely critical of myself.
Our family has been so blessed by an understanding of Christian Science that a written testimony is long overdue. Countless times I've felt such gratitude for the testimonies I've read in the periodicals that now I hope our experiences may encourage others.
I have found that total reliance on God for guidance and healing has resulted in blessings beyond the capacity of human means. Every discordant situation in my life has been healed through practicing the spiritual truths I have learned in the study of Christian Science.