You Can Be a Healer May 2, 2011 Issue

Our occasional series on how people have nurtured their public practice of Christian Science healing.

So much good going on

Joanne Bennett—Red Bluff, California, US

My desire to be in the public practice of Christian Science really began when I was in my late 20s, after a brief second marriage. My sister and I had been introduced to Christian Science as teenagers, and had attended Sunday School together for several years. We had both drifted away from the religion for a time, but she had returned to the study of Christian Science. As I was dealing with the effects of my divorce, she encouraged me to make an appointment with a Christian Science practitioner. The practitioner prayed regularly with me as I dug deeper into the Bible and Science and Health.

This spiritual study, through several years, was a life-changing experience. I learned more of my true identity as God’s loved child, and I saw that my completeness and wholeness had always been intact—I didn’t have to look for it somewhere else. When I wasn’t at work, I spent a lot of time in the Christian Science Reading Room. As I studied the Bible and Mary Baker Eddy’s works, I began to understand that as God’s child I already included all good qualities. I also read pamphlets and articles on companionship. I learned from this study that I’d never been separate from God for a moment. There wasn’t any question in my mind that Christian Science was helping me progress, and I knew I wanted to commit my life to learning more about it.

During this time I had a wonderful teaching career and was raising two children. They were attending a Christian Science Sunday School and had some significant healings. Our lives became richer as I prayed constantly for God’s direction, and after a few years I had the privilege to learn more about scientific healing through Christian Science class instruction. At that time I didn’t really know any teachers of Christian Science, and as a working single mother I wasn’t sure if my financial situation would allow me to take class.

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