Testimony of Healing July 22, 1996 Issue

Since my last published testimony, there has been much for...

Kay Ramsdell Olson

Since my last published testimony, there has been much for which I am deeply grateful. I've had healings of infection, a broken toe, severe flu, a ruptured disk, and grief. Extensive travel over a period of a dozen years has been peaceful and safe. A more recent healing, however, continues to inspire me.

Late one afternoon a few years ago my heart began racing. I tried to rest, and pray, but the difficulty continued. I finally went to bed, but could not sleep. So I continued to pray, acknowledging God as the governor of my life. Then it became clear to me that I should pray to understand more fully that "the vital part, the heart and soul of Christian Science, is Love" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 113). Love is God, and I affirmed in my prayer that as Love's reflection I was impelled, regulated, and sustained by divine Love.

I dozed from time to time. At three o'clock in the morning I woke to find nothing had changed. Then I sat up in bed, sincerely reaching out to God. Convinced that He constantly communicates healing messages, I bowed my head instinctively and listened. Immediately these words from the Lord's Prayer flashed into my thinking: "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors" (Matt. 6:12). It was as if I were reading the words. The most profound aspect of this experience was the fact that the words us, our, and we were illumined to me, as if shining. In that moment I felt the grandeur, expansiveness, and inclusiveness of this prayer; that it embraced everyone; and that everyone's debts were forgiven—not just my own. In that brief time of prayer, my heart resumed its normal beat, and has continued to beat normally ever since.

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