Clear Evidence of Healing
I wish to express my deep appreciation for a recent healing. About two months ago I began to sense an obstruction in my abdomen that hindered my deep breathing. As time passed, another obstruction began to manifest itself in another area of my abdomen.
While I had been praying, it was evident that I needed the help of a Christian Science practitioner. A call was made and many truths were expressed. One thought that I was given, and which I had used many times before, was: "Truth removes properly whatever is offensive." (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 463) This said to me that Mind's action is always orderly, balanced, and effective.
I was praying with this and other statements of Truth when I was suddenly seized with an intense pain that doubled over my body. Shortly after, a second spasm occurred, and then complete release. That was the end of the problem! My friend and I had been scheduled to attend a meeting, and I was able to walk out of our apartment and attend the meeting in complete freedom. I continue to rejoice in a healing that was so clearly evident.
I am so grateful for our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy’s vision in providing us with the tools we need to demonstrate the Truth that makes us free. (from John 8:32: Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.)
M.G. State College, Pennsylvania, United States
While I had been praying, it was evident that I needed the help of a Christian Science practitioner. A call was made and many truths were expressed. One thought that I was given, and which I had used many times before, was: "Truth removes properly whatever is offensive." (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 463) This said to me that Mind's action is always orderly, balanced, and effective.
I was praying with this and other statements of Truth when I was suddenly seized with an intense pain that doubled over my body. Shortly after, a second spasm occurred, and then complete release. That was the end of the problem! My friend and I had been scheduled to attend a meeting, and I was able to walk out of our apartment and attend the meeting in complete freedom. I continue to rejoice in a healing that was so clearly evident.
I am so grateful for our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy’s vision in providing us with the tools we need to demonstrate the Truth that makes us free. (from John 8:32: Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.)
Patience
The other day, I witnessed someone being extremely impatient with someone else. It reminded me of a time when I learned a valuable lesson in patient prayer.
My husband and I both had the day off and we decided to use the opportunity to have my car serviced. On the morning that this was to be done, I woke him and said I was leaving to go to the dealership. He said he was getting up and would come shortly.
After getting to the dealership, I waited for my husband to come. We didn't have cell phones but I called home on a land line and got no answer. I wondered if he had fallen asleep. My car would take most of the day and we had planned to have breakfast and do some shopping.
I decided I needed most of all to pray. The wonderful thing about prayer is that you can do it anywhere, any time. You don't need books to read. You don't need cell phone or extra land lines. In Matthew 6:6, Jesus says that we should enter into our closet and shut the door. Most translations refer to this as entering into a quiet room. We can do this anywhere.
I went outside the busy, noisy dealership and sat on the curb. If my husband called the dealership, I would be right there. I sang hymns to myself and prayed the Lord's Prayer. Right there, on the curb, was my quiet room.
After about an hour and a half, my husband arrived. I was so full of prayer that it was a joyful reunion. It turned out that there had been a serious accident on the highway on the way to the dealership and he wasn't able to get off the highway. He had had no way to call me. We went on to have a wonderful day together.
This has stood out to me as an example of being patient and trusting in the prayerful work I am doing. I am grateful that we are being taught every day the value of prayer through Christian Science.
C. N., Williamsport, PA
My husband and I both had the day off and we decided to use the opportunity to have my car serviced. On the morning that this was to be done, I woke him and said I was leaving to go to the dealership. He said he was getting up and would come shortly.
After getting to the dealership, I waited for my husband to come. We didn't have cell phones but I called home on a land line and got no answer. I wondered if he had fallen asleep. My car would take most of the day and we had planned to have breakfast and do some shopping.
I decided I needed most of all to pray. The wonderful thing about prayer is that you can do it anywhere, any time. You don't need books to read. You don't need cell phone or extra land lines. In Matthew 6:6, Jesus says that we should enter into our closet and shut the door. Most translations refer to this as entering into a quiet room. We can do this anywhere.
I went outside the busy, noisy dealership and sat on the curb. If my husband called the dealership, I would be right there. I sang hymns to myself and prayed the Lord's Prayer. Right there, on the curb, was my quiet room.
After about an hour and a half, my husband arrived. I was so full of prayer that it was a joyful reunion. It turned out that there had been a serious accident on the highway on the way to the dealership and he wasn't able to get off the highway. He had had no way to call me. We went on to have a wonderful day together.
This has stood out to me as an example of being patient and trusting in the prayerful work I am doing. I am grateful that we are being taught every day the value of prayer through Christian Science.
C. N., Williamsport, PA