Testimonies of Healing

I have belonged to five branch churches of Christ, Scientist, at different times over the years, so I suppose that, if anything, my involvement in healing work could best be described as a "moving experience"! I belonged to a Protestant church when I first heard of Christian Science and was losing weight because I couldn't eat. Since I was unable to take care of my family, my mother-in-law suggested that we all take a vacation.

With conviction I can answer the question, "What about broken bones? Can God heal them?" He can—perfectly. My husband and I were painting our house when I fell from the ladder to the sidewalk below.

During childhood I attended a Christian Science Sunday School, although Christian Science was not practiced in our home. Our family had begun attending services at a branch church after my grandfather was healed of severe inflammation in one leg through Science.

As a Christian Scientist, I often acknowledge, through the words of the Psalmist, the good that has been mine during a lifelong association with this systematic healing religion ( Ps. 107:8 ):"Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!" Church has always been a focal point for me—from my days as a pupil in the Christian Science Sunday School through to membership in The Mother Church and a local branch Church of Christ, Scientist.

When I was in my early twenties, my dear husband suddenly passed on. For almost a year, I struggled alone with feelings of grief and loss, and an overwhelming sense of injustice.

Christ Jesus' profound prayer in John 17 ends with this statement: "I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. " How beautifully these words apply to the Christ presence in healing.

A healing of excessive drinking in our family took place years ago when I put everything in God's hands and quit worrying. My husband always cared a great deal for his family.

My family became interested in Christian Science when my two-year-old sister was healed of a fractured skull. I had the privilege of attending a Christian Science Sunday School until the age of twenty, and of joining The Mother Church and a branch church at an early age.

I estimate that I have heard over ten thousand testimonies of spiritual healing during the nearly forty years I've been attending Wednesday evening meetings in Christian Science churches. Add to this the featured accounts of healing I've read in the Christian Science periodicals during that time, and I've heard a considerable body of evidence as to the healing power of divine Science.

It is high time that I testify to the certain effect of scientific prayer. As a child, I attended the Christian Science Sunday School.