Testimony of Healing October 15, 1984 Issue

How grateful I am to God for the many blessings received...

ALEXANDER M. PETTIGREW with contributions from REGINALD LONGHURST

How grateful I am to God for the many blessings received since I took up the study of Christian Science almost forty years ago. While our six children were growing up, they all had the privilege of attending a Christian Science Sunday School. As we continue our study of Christian Science, my wife and I are daily blessed with health and happiness.

Mrs. Eddy writes in the Christian Science textbook (Science and Health, p. 559): "The 'still, small voice' of scientific thought reaches over continent and ocean to the globe's remotest bound. The inaudible voice of Truth is, to the human mind, 'as when a lion roareth.'" Because of the incident I now relate, this statement holds special significance for me.

A few years ago my wife and I and another couple were on holiday in Hawaii. The second week of our stay was spent on Maui. After breakfast each day the four of us would go swimming in the ocean, and I would always try to float on my back. When we went swimming our first day on Maui, I again tried to float. But my legs refused. In earnest prayer to our heavenly Father I asked, "Father, what must I do to be able to float?" and the "still small voice" said, "Be absent from the body, and ... present with the Lord" (II Cor. 5:8). This thought comforted me. My legs straightened out and I was floating! Delighted, I shared this experience with my wife and friends.

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