Testimony of Healing August 20, 1979 Issue

When I was a teen-ager, I had frightening seizures

Linda Isenburg Good

When I was a teen-ager, I had frightening seizures. These attacks caused periods of unconsciousness lasting from a few minutes to an hour, and they left me physically exhausted and mentally disoriented. Although some of my family were interested in Christian Science, others who were not yet serious about this religion were greatly concerned. I was taken to physicians and neurosurgeons, but they were unable to diagnose the condition and could promise no cure. For thirteen years I suffered from this physical problem, vacillating between medical assistance and a halfhearted reliance on Christian Science treatment.

Then the day came when I chose to rely wholly on Christian Science for healing. I began to see the logic in this statement by Mrs. Eddy (Science and Health, p. 167): "The scientific government of the body must be attained through the divine Mind. It is impossible to gain control over the body in any other way. On this fundamental point, timid conservatism is absolutely inadmissible. Only through radical reliance on Truth can scientific healing power be realized." Thus began my serious study of the teachings of Christian Science. I read the Bible and Science and Health almost exclusively. A Christian Science practitioner helped me see myself, not as I thought others saw me, but as God made me—complete and perfect in His likeness.

One night I was seized by another of these attacks. As I turned wholeheartedly to God, I recalled the phrase, "Come out from among them, and be ye separate" (II Cor. 6:17). I accepted this invitation to separate myself, through spiritual understanding, from the suggestions of disease that were claiming to assail me. I got out of bed and went and sat on the stairs. Beautiful truths rushed to the forefront of thought. Then mortal suggestion whispered, "Just relax. You've had this before, and if you stay calm, it will pass."

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