Testimony of Healing November 8, 1982 Issue

About a week after our son was born, our next-door...

BETSY BAY RAMP

About a week after our son was born, our next-door neighbor, who is a medical doctor, stopped in. I'd just bathed the child, and as I was drying him, our neighbor commented that there appeared to be a muscular weakness in the child's groin area. He indicated that such a condition could eventually curtail a youngster's physical activity, prevent his participation in sports, and without an operation, might even prove fatal.

Hearing this prognosis shocked me. So after our neighbor left, I prayed, affirming that man is the image and likeness of God and that God's creation is complete and perfect. For several weeks I told only my husband about what the doctor had said. But I did pray. And I continued to pray for many months. During this time, though I often had to handle fear, the child seemed normal and happy in every way.

Then, when our son was about two years old, his groin area quite suddenly became swollen and inflamed. The child was unable to retain food and became listless. One night the condition appeared to be quite serious. In discouragement and desperation I called my Christian Science teacher, whose prayers had been supporting my own for several days. Two things from that phone conversation stood out to me: the fact that right then I could rejoice to "see the salvation of our God" (Isa. 52:10), and these words from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy (p. 514): "Mind's infinite ideas run and disport themselves. In humility they climb the heights of holiness."

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