Testimony of Healing March 26, 1984 Issue

The very circumstance, which your suffering...

EMILY W. GAWLER with contributions from ALAN GAWLER

"The very circumstance, which your suffering sense deems wrathful and afflictive, Love can make an angel entertained unawares" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 574).

At one point a small growth appeared on my face and began to enlarge. For some time I prayed, endeavoring to perceive my true spiritual nature as God's image and likeness. In my prayer I acknowledged that since God makes only good, there is in reality no disease, flaw, or hidden error in His reflection, man. But just as I felt that I was really able to thoroughly grasp these facts, I would be frightened by the material evidence, and my hopes would be dashed again.

One day during a dental appointment the dentist noticed the growth on my face and said that he didn't wish to alarm me but that in his opinion it was a type of skin cancer. He wanted to recommend a physician to take care of it. I told him that I had been a Christian Scientist for the greater part of my adult life and that I depended on prayer for healing.

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