Testimony of Healing October 13, 2014 Issue

Peace came on a ‘Gabriel’ day

Alexandra Hawley

A healing I had a few years ago while serving as First Reader at our branch Church of Christ, Scientist, brought me a lesson that has often been helpful. One Sunday after the service I was not feeling well and began to pray. However, by the next day the sense of fever and congestion was such that I asked a Christian Science practitioner to pray for me.

By Tuesday the fever was gone, but the coughing seemed so severe that I asked a friend to substitute for me at our Wednesday testimony meeting. Sleeping was difficult, and I spent much of my time in prayer. I strongly affirmed that because God is all-powerful and ever present, this condition was a lie about His creation—it wasn’t part of me as His beloved child.

In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy describes God’s angels: “The Old Testament assigns to the angels, God’s divine messages, different offices. Michael’s characteristic is spiritual strength. He leads the hosts of heaven against the power of sin, Satan, and fights the holy wars” (pp. 566–567). I prayed earnestly to exercise spiritual strength, knowing that nothing could separate me from God’s love or my right activity at church.

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