Testimony of Healing August 9, 1982 Issue

For several years I suffered from periodic attacks of gastritis

ALICE M. CRANE with contributions from RAYMOND E. CRANE

For several years I suffered from periodic attacks of gastritis. I would have help from a Christian Science practitioner. During these attacks I was unable to do anything physical except lie very still on my back.

Yet all through these years I was growing spiritually—in doing dedicated church work; praying for myself, my family, and our community; studying more deeply the Bible and the writings of Mrs. Eddy; and reading the Christian Science periodicals. Old habits of wasted time and apathetic activity had disappeared. It had also become clear to me that stubborn will and overindulgent eating habits needed to be corrected through a true view of myself as man—reflecting God's control.

In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy writes (pp. 221-222): "This new-born understanding, that neither food nor the stomach, without the consent of mortal mind, can make one suffer, brings with it another lesson,—that gluttony is a sensual illusion, and that this phantasm of mortal mind disappears as we better apprehend our spiritual existence and ascend the ladder of life." I looked in a dictionary for a definition of the word "gluttonous" and found it can mean "greedy." The thought that overindulgence was an act of greed really made me stop and think. I remembered that someone had once said to me, "You wouldn't think of stealing or cheating or lying, so why overindulge in eating?"

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