Testimony of Healing March 22, 1982 Issue

Mary Baker Eddy's discovery, Christian Science...

PAUL DOUGLAS WHITE

Mary Baker Eddy's discovery, Christian Science, has continued to regenerate my life ever since it was introduced to me in 1967. At that time I had what was diagnosed as a severely aggravated, pulled groin muscle. I had tried a variety of medical treatments but to no avail. One morning I attended Christian Science Sunday School at the invitation of a friend who'd had a recent healing I was aware of. Nothing particularly noteworthy happened during the first part of the class, except that I felt a calm and kindness that everyone there seemed to radiate.

Near the end of the class our teacher related a healing she'd had of an ear problem, then looked at me almost as if she could read my troubled thought. I immediately pulled my chair close to her and poured out my heart about the doubts, fears, and discomfort I had concerning my injury. To this day I can't tell you one word she said. What did come through, however, was like nothing I'd known before in my life. I was sure that all-powerful, all-loving God was right there at that moment, and that nothing else possibly could be. In other words, I was sure there was nothing to fear and I was all right.

After that, the final hymn was read, we stood up to sing, and I got up—completely healed! I was so in awe of God's incredible power that tears of gratitude filled my eyes. Not too long after that, I was telling the mother of the same friend about a chronically weak back I'd had and that I would sure like to be healed. She told me that Christian Science practitioners heal others through prayer. I've always been one to take people at their word. So, I simply went home, called a practitioner, told him what was wrong, and listened to what he said. When I hung up the phone I was completely healed. (I work heavy construction for a living; so, needless to say, the permanency of the healing has meant a lot.)

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