Testimony of Healing October 31, 1983 Issue

One day I promised my three-and-one-half-year-old son that we...

KATHERINE DARDEN FINNIGAN

One day I promised my three-and-one-half-year-old son that we would go to the neighborhood park. When the time came I told him to get ready. He said, "I can't walk there." I replied, "Oh, we're not walking, we're driving." And my son said, "Mom, I can't even walk to the car." He then went over to the sofa, lay down, and proceeded to get very sick.

I sat down beside him and asked him to repeat with me "the scientific statement of being" [Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, p. 468]. He said that he couldn't do it. After sitting beside him and praying for about fifteen to twenty minutes, I realized that the child was not getting any better. In fact, he appeared to be much worse. So I went straight to the phone and called a Christian Science practitioner for prayerful help. Then I returned to the sofa to sit with my son.

Prior to that day I had felt that I was being closely observed as a Christian Scientist by one person in particular. This acquaintance had been asking me numerous questions about Christian Science. I had somehow been left with the feeling that I was on trial. Now I called the practitioner and told her about this situation. She helped me to see that we don't have to defend or support Christian Science. It supports us. She also recommended that I reach out to God for guidance and earnestly ask Him what I needed to see.

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