Testimony of Healing July 21, 1986 Issue

Early in 1985 I spent some days at a nursing facility for Christian Scientists...

ELOISE C. BROWN

Early in 1985 I spent some days at a nursing facility for Christian Scientists in the state of Florida. I want to express my gratitude for the fine nursing care I received there and the spiritual awakening I had during my stay.

I was suffering from an inability to retain or digest food. I had been working with a Christian Science practitioner for a week, and at times I felt on top of the situation. At other times it was difficult. The problem began on a Saturday, and by Thursday I knew that my husband, who is not a Christian Scientist, was becoming increasingly concerned. When I retired for the night on Thursday, I felt that on Friday he might ask me to go to a doctor or to the hospital. I prayed, and as I took a firm stand in my thought for spiritual healing, the nursing facility came to mind.

Early Friday morning, after I had spent a restless night, I packed a suitcase and prepared to leave for the nursing facility. Arrangements had been made; there was a room waiting for me. I could see that it was a struggle for my husband to take me one hundred miles from our home, and that he would have felt much more comfortable if he had been taking me to the local hospital. But I lovingly assured him that this was where I wanted to go and that I would assume full responsibility.

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