Testimony of Healing March 27, 1978 Issue

It has been my privilege to be embraced by the teachings of...

June Gair with contributions from Henry W. Gair

It has been my privilege to be embraced by the teachings of Christian Science all my life. As a family, we have seen this law of God, good, operate in every facet and stage of our experience— harmonizing and healing every type of difficulty, including physical ailments.

I would like to relate an experience that proved God's loving care for us far beyond any human ways and means we could have devised. Several years ago, the company for which my husband worked was involved in a labor dispute. Although my husband's job as a truck driver was unaffected by the strike, still he was a union member. So he was caught between the loss of income, and perhaps his job, if he did not cross the picket line, and reprisals from the powerful union and threats of harm from those on strike, if he did cross the line. So he stayed out on strike, and we prayed to be guided what action to take.

Since his salary was our only source of income, and unemployment insurance was not available for strikers, we were faced with what turned out to be a six-week period with no means of support. God's provision for us during this time was truly remarkable. Like the widow at Zarephath, we had our needs met, and there was no sense of depletion. "For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth" (I Kings 17:14). I was asked to serve as substitute clerk of our branch church for two weeks, although those who asked were unaware of our situation. We found we already had much that we needed. We had much prayerful support from a Christian Science practitioner, and I can still remember the peace and comfort I gained from studying the Bible Lessons in the Christian Science Quarterly on the subjects "God the Only Cause and Creator" and "God the Preserver of Man" and others during that Christmas season.

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