Testimony of Healing September 17, 1955 Issue

I wish to express my gratitude to...

Gertrude Monahan

I wish to express my gratitude to God for Christian Science. My first healing came through gratitude to God for my many blessings. I had been helping my husband do some extra work and was resentful about it. This caused a nauseated feeling every morning which lasted until noon. I would have the help of a practitioner occasionally and would be relieved for a few days, after which the condition would return. This went on for about a year and a half.

During a telephone conversation a Christian Scientist said to me, "You are not expressing love." After the conversation I examined my thoughts and realized that my friend was right. I thought: "How grateful I should be that I have the strength to take care of my family of five and to do this added work also. I enjoy the extra things we can have, but I haven't wanted to help to make it possible to get them." With this revelation I was instantaneously and completely healed. I am grateful not only for the physical healing, but also for the overcoming of disagreeable traits of character which did not bring me happiness.

I should also like to tell of the healing of a sprained ankle. At first I tried to help myself, but the condition did not respond. I thought of calling a practitioner, but I would have had to go to the neighbors next door to use the telephone, and I knew they were out. Then the thought came to me, "The same power and love that would be used by the practitioner are right here for you to claim." With that thought, I fell asleep, and the next day I was able to be on my foot all day without discomfort. The swelling and discoloration soon disappeared.

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