Testimony of Healing February 5, 1979 Issue

One Wednesday at school I didn't feel well at all

Martine Dorestant with contributions from Marie Marthe Dorestant

One Wednesday at school I didn't feel well at all. They sent me home, and I went straight to bed from 2:30 till 3:30. When my mother came home and saw I didn't feel well, she said to me, "You know it's not true about God's child. Did you pray?" I said, "Yes." Then she asked, "Did you pray with all your heart to divine Love?" I said, "No, I didn't have strength to pray hard enough." So my mother helped me pray using the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mrs. Eddy. We read "the scientific statement of being" (see p. 468), and we continued to pray. Then I felt a little bit better, but not all the way.

The next morning my mother and I went to a Christian Science practitioner, and I told her I still had a stomachache. She talked to me and asked if I knew the Lord's Prayer. I said, "Yes," and then we said it together. She asked me, "Do you know the meaning of 'lead us not into temptation'?"Editors' Note: The Lord's Prayer, with its spiritual interpretation by Mrs. Eddy, includes these words (Science and Health, p. 17 ): "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth usfrom sin, disease, and death." I said, "Yes." But she wanted me to learn even more about it. I did. When I arrived home, I felt much better. The next day, Friday, I was completely healed. I am very grateful.

Martine Dorestant
Miami, Florida

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