Testimony of Healing May 18, 2020 Issue

Divine Love heals sore throat

Holly Suhi

For several days I had been suffering with a severe sore throat that continued to worsen. A Christian Science practitioner was praying for me, and my husband kept him updated, because it was hard for me to talk.

Early one evening as I sat on the couch (feeling sorry for myself, as I recall), the doorbell rang. It was a neighbor child who was my young daughter’s friend. My daughter had told her about my illness, and the little girl told her parents, who were pastors of a local Protestant church. The parents asked their daughter to bring me a recording of their favorite hymns. I decided to listen with earphones so I could turn the volume up louder than the pain.

As I listened, I was struck by the beauty of the melodies and the lyrics. I felt that these singers must know God—that no one could sing with such heart unless they knew God as Love. After all, the author of First John wrote, “God is love” (4:8). At that point my primary motive for praying changed from wanting to be healed to wanting to take a stand for the God that I knew as good, caring, and powerful. For the first time in days, I was not impressed by the pain. Instead, I felt peace of mind.

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