Testimony of Healing September 30, 2013 Issue

Dancing to the right tune

Jean Jillings-Warner

I grew up with church music that tended to be solemn, and there’s still a lot of that around. But today there are lots of lively hymn tunes to get the feet tapping—modern ways of expressing praise to God, provided we are alert to respond to the right rhythm in our lives, to the ideas and revelations constantly being imparted to us by our heavenly Father. It’s all too easy to be lured into moving to error’s tune, which is what happened to me some years ago.

We had two small boys under five, and my husband was making great strides in overcoming an illness that had brought us to study Christian Science. We were to some extent “resting on our laurels” after clear signs of his progress when my back suddenly seized up one morning while I was making a bed. I felt excruciating pain and could scarcely move my body or walk upright. A neighbor was at that time having protracted medical treatment for a slipped disk, and I recognized I was having all the symptoms she displayed and had described to me. 

I immediately contacted a Christian Science practitioner, and we began vehemently rejecting the evidence of immobility, knowing God’s support was ever present. With the practitioner’s help, over the next two to three weeks, I was able to get around and do what was needed, avoiding discussing the difficulty even with well-meaning friends.

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Testimony of Healing

Dad's drinking problem solved