Testimony of Healing August 7, 1971 Issue

I am very grateful for the many healings my family and I have...

Nancy G. Tucher

I am very grateful for the many healings my family and I have had during the past years as the result of relying solely on the teachings of Christian Science.

During the past several years, every few months I was overcome with sharp abdominal pains, which would last for a few days and prevent me from properly caring for my family. With prayer these attacks would subside but then recur.

Last summer as one of these attacks was beginning, I lay down and silently began to confirm God's loving omnipresence. The thought soon occurred to me to reread an editorial in the July 11, 1970, Sentinel entitled "Warfare Against Strong Drink." Up to this time I had always enjoyed drinking many cups of tea, coffee, and decaffeinated coffee every day, even though I sensed that doing so was not in accord with the spirit of the writings of Mrs. Eddy. As I read and studied the editorial, the thought suddenly struck me that I was drinking these beverages for the very same reasons that people drink liquor and alcoholic beverages. I thought that I found them satisfying, relaxing, and able to pick me up, as well as providing me with an opportunity to socialize with friends. I clearly saw that I was giving power to matter, and worshiping it rather than God, and thus breaking the First Commandment. With this realization came a great sense of relief and freedom, and I clearly saw that my only course of action was to stop drinking tea and both types of coffee completely. I soon fell peacefully asleep, and upon waking an hour later was entirely free of pain. The attacks have never recurred since that experience, and I have lost all desire to drink tea and coffee.

Send a comment to the editors

We'd love to hear from you!

Easily submit your testimonies, articles, and poems online.

Submit

I am very grateful for the many healings my family and I have...

We'd love to hear from you!

Sign up for unlimited access