Testimonies of Healing
Every year my husband and I participate in a long biking trip through the Wisconsin hills as members of a bicycle club. Sometimes we cover as many as one hundred and seventy miles in three days.
In June 1973, I was stricken with a heart attack and nervous breakdown. My family asked me what doctor I wanted.
Our son was in an auto accident not long ago. He had contusions all over his body, a knee injury, and he was unable to draw a full breath because of damage to his chest.
Christian Science means the world to me. Sunday School training and the guidance of my parents provided me with all the encouragement I needed to identify myself as a Christian Scientist during my teen-age and college years.
Several years ago I found myself with a physical condition that seemed quite serious, though the trouble was never diagnosed. The symptoms included fatigue, loss of appetite, and difficulty in breathing.
During my nine years as a student of Christian Science, the question has occasionally occurred, "What would I do if for some reason I became unconscious? How would I be able to take care of myself?" The following incident taught me that God, divine Mind, is the source of my consciousness, and that He is an ever-present help. For this reason, I'll never again fear loss of consciousness.
What a heritage—to have been raised in Christian Science! Since my great-great grandmother embraced this spiritual method of healing years ago it has blessed the generations of our family in countless ways. When I learned that I was pregnant for the first time, it was my desire to have a home birth with a certified midwife in attendance and a Christian Science practitioner praying for the harmonious unfoldment of each detail surrounding this precious time.
Christian Science was introduced to our family when I was in my early teens. My first healing through my own prayer was of impaired eyesight.
Several years ago, after my marriage had terminated in divorce, I found Christian Science. Soon I met the man to whom I am now married.
My first healing in Christian Science occurred when I was a senior in high school. I had attended a Christian Science Sunday School for as long as I could remember but never studied Science seriously, nor had I tried to use it.