Testimony of Healing February 11, 1980 Issue

Over thirty years ago, medical authorities gave me up to die

THELMA C. DIXON with contributions from WILLIAM C. DIXON

Over thirty years ago, medical authorities gave me up to die. But I didn't want to die! I wanted to live for my husband and for our son—to see him grow up. So I asked my nurse to write a letter for me. The letter was to a friend who had taken me to her home to spend a weekend during college.

Although nearly twenty years had elapsed, I recalled that weekend as I lay on my presumed deathbed. I remembered the Christian Science church she had pointed out to me in her home town, and her enthusiastic explanation of a healing she had had of double pneumonia. My friend had been given up to die also, but with the help of a Christian Science practitioner she had been healed within a week. I decided that if God could heal her, I could certainly trust Him to heal me.

A reply from this friend came in the mail very soon. The first line of her letter read, "God is Love, and He loves you." When I heard this, I not only found the strength to turn over in bed but I jumped up, put on a robe, and went to the kitchen, where I ate supper with my family.

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