Testimonies of Healing

My wife and I had taken our small, young family, consisting of a kindergartner and a second grader, to The Hague, Netherlands, for a year, as I was on assignment as an exchange teacher. One day, the school nurse and the principal appeared at my classroom door and motioned for me to approach.

During the summer months of 2008, my abdomen began to bother me and I became unwell. I started to pray for myself right away, and on occasion I asked for treatment from a Christian Science practitioner.

I was getting ready to leave for the annual association meeting that I attend because I have had Primary class instruction from a teacher of Christian Science. As I lifted my suitcase to put it into the van, I felt a sharp pull, like a rip, in my right leg, and I also heard a popping sound.

One night several years ago I woke up with an excruciating pain in my side. It felt as if something had ruptured inside my body.

One afternoon while working with my husband on a condo remodelling project, cleaning out the attic space above the garage, I inadvertently stepped through a floor board and fell about 10 to 12 feet directly onto the concrete floor in the garage. Immediately, my husband said, “You are all right!” before coming down to me.

In a recent Christian Science Bible Lesson I read a Bible citation about the woman whom Jesus healed who had “a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself” ( Luke 13:11 ).   This reference reminded me of how grateful I am for a marvelous healing I experienced about two years ago.

Christian Science has always been my only guide to joyous living and healing. It has never failed to obliterate troubles and restore harmony when I have applied its teachings.

Over a year ago, I woke up and felt some discomfort around my rib cage. This had happened before—recurring every couple of months or so for a few years.

A couple of months into our marriage, my husband and I found out I was pregnant. That same week my husband received an acceptance letter from a university, inviting him to its master of fine arts program on a full-ride scholarship.

“These teeth will never come out on their own. I guarantee it.