Testimonies of Healing

Although I attended the Christian Science Sunday School and dearly loved it, I felt I hadn't learned just how to use what was being presented to me. I cherished the knowledge that God is to be honored, and that He cares for each of us.

For almost ten years I suffered from insomnia and took prescribed medications in an effort to find rest at night. Sometimes I used several different medicines simultaneously when taking the drugs separately failed to put me to sleep.

I did not find out about Christian Science through the Sunday School or the church service, nor had I ever been inside a Reading Room or read any of the Christian Science periodicals. At the time I found Christian Science I was in a hospital because of poor health that resulted from drinking and smoking excessively; I couldn't stand or walk alone.

Several years ago, I was out deep-sea fishing with family and friends on a cabin cruiser. Our boat suddenly hit a huge wave.

The deep study of Christian Science during the past five years has brought physical healings as well as freedom from timidity and self-depreciation. My election as a Reader in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, has proved to me beyond doubt that the office carries with it the ability to perform the required duties.

At one time I was suffering from pain in my heart and stiffness in my limbs. I wasn't able to get dressed without help; I had to be assisted out of bed.

Not long after I began serious study of Christian Science, I took a job that gave me excellent opportunities to see and to demonstrate the power of God, Principle. As a meeting planner, my assignment was to design, site, promote, and help execute a new national workshop series on photography—all within nine months.

When I was eight years old, I fell from a tree and hit my head on a curb. Concerned neighbors called a doctor who lived in the area.

I was enrolled in the Christian Science Sunday School at a very early age, and I loved attending regularly whenever I lived close enough to a Christian Science church. This foundational teaching and my own study of Science have brought harmony and healing into my life on many occasions.

Although I had enjoyed attending the Christian Science Sunday School and had some lovely healings, I drifted from Science after my marriage. When our third child was born and passed on after only a week, I was deeply depressed and came close to a nervous breakdown.