Testimonies of Healing
In thinking over the reasons I have for being grateful for Christian Science, I can list a multitude. Among them are numerous instances of God's care, the healing of discordant conditions, protection, the finding of apartments during wartime years, and the ability to do some things well.
After I began the earnest study of Mary Baker Eddy's book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," my uncertain beliefs of God and man began to change, regeneration began, and as a result of purified thought I was healed of a number of physical diseases, such as neuritis, lumbago, ulcers, neuralgia, and pleurisy. Hopelessness and despair gave way as I gained a better understanding of man as the image of Love.
It is with a sincere desire that my testimony may be a help to some of the men and women who believe that they must go out and "make" a living that I relate my experience. Many years ago I learned that one's place is not always of one's own choosing, but is the result of a willingness to let God's will be done.
" To-day my soul can only sing and soar. An increasing sense of God's love, omnipresence, and omnipotence enfolds me.
" I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten" ( Joel 2:25 ). These words best express what Christian Science has done for me.
It would take pages to tell of all the healings of discord and disease that I have experienced through the application of the truth, as revealed to us in Christian Science, and for which I am profoundly grateful. One healing which blessed many came through the working out of a problem in human relationships.
During nearly two decades, Christian Science has been my faithful companion. It has given me a more spiritual understanding of God and of man as His expression.
When Christian Science came into my life, I was at a low ebb. An attending physician had informed me that I could expect no more than a life of invalidism.
I should like to express my gratitude to God for some understanding of the words of Christ Jesus when he said to Nicodemus ( John 3:3 ), "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. " This process of regeneration has changed my life from one of sin, sickness, and despair, into one of purpose, health, and joy.
Clear evidence of the harmonious action of infinite Mind was seen in an experience which occurred toward the end of my trip abroad in the summer of 1952. I had booked passage on a cargo ship which was scheduled to leave Hamburg, Germany, on September 3 or 4.