Testimony of Healing December 7, 1987 Issue

Always a seeker for Truth, at seventeen I stopped in front of...

Betty Reiss

Always a seeker for Truth, at seventeen I stopped in front of a Christian Science Reading Room, read two paragraphs from an open book, and said, "That's exactly what I believe." The book was Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. Although it was not until several years later that I actually became an active member in a branch church, Science soon brought healing into my life.

At the time I had been suffering from sick headaches since the age of thirteen. A relative told me that they ran in the family and I could expect to have them all my life. The headaches had been occurring more and more frequently and lasting two or three days. I had been taking strong medication in an attempt to alleviate the pain.

Although in my brief contact with Christian Science I had not fully grasped the idea of spiritual healing, I had glimpsed the fact that Christian Scientists don't turn to medication when faced with a physical difficulty. So, thinking only of going through this attack without medication, I drove around our valley in the summer darkness, praying for myself. I acknowledged that God is good, that He doesn't cause pain, that He loves me, and that it is not His will for me to suffer.

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