Testimony of Healing April 26, 1982 Issue

My first healing in Christian Science was of a bad cold

FLORENCE MORLOCK TRUTTMANN

My first healing in Christian Science was of a bad cold. A friend at work suggested I ask to go home because I looked so ill, but instead I went into a little room to be by myself. I had attended Christian Science church services, where it was read from the Bible that man is made in God's image and likeness (see Gen. 1). The readings also included the truth of perfect God and perfect man from Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. I thought I must be in reality this perfect man that they were talking about, and if I am perfect, I surely can't have a cold. After thinking along this line for five or ten minutes, I decided to go back to work. I was feeling great! The first person I met was the same girl who had told me I should go home. She looked surprised and said, "You look so much better. What did you do?" I smiled and thought, "Christian Science really does work!" I was truly grateful.

Not long after that first healing my fiancé and I took my dad downtown to a big political meeting. Later, when I'd returned home, I discovered that my purse was missing. (My weekly wages in cash were in the purse, along with some other things I considered valuable.) My fiancé suggested I call a Christian Science practitioner, which I did. The one thing I remember her saying was for me to know that nothing is really lost. This didn't make any sense to me at that time. But I wanted to be obedient, so I did as she requested. She also suggested we go to the nearest police station to inquire if the purse had been turned in. This we did. At the second station we found it. Everything was in the purse, including the money. As he handed me my purse the policeman said I was a lucky girl. But I knew even then that it wasn't luck. I was learning that in God's kingdom nothing is really lost.

Since this first healing almost fifty years ago, I've had many opportunities to prove that Science truly works. Some years ago I was very ill with a sore throat. Because I was unable to eat or speak, my husband called a practitioner. In fifteen minutes I was free. All pain and discomfort left and I was healed.

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