Testimony of Healing April 6, 1987 Issue

Although I have had numerous healings through the...

Virginia Crebbin with contributions from Philip Crebbin

Although I have had numerous healings through the many years I have been studying Christian Science, I would like to relate the following, which has been very meaningful to me.

In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures Mary Baker Eddy says (p. 1), "Desire is prayer; and no loss can occur from trusting God with our desires, that they may be moulded and exalted before they take form in words and in deeds." For many years I had a great desire to master excessive eating. Although I knew that dieting was not spiritually scientific, at two different times (some years ago) I did go on a rigid diet. In each case there was a weight loss that lasted only as long as I ate just the specified foods. As soon as old eating habits were resumed, the weight was regained.

After the second such experience, I resolved to gain my dominion through spiritual means or not at all. Despite this resolve, however, I did not pursue gaining my freedom through prayer in Christian Science. The problem seemed too much for me to master. I had accepted the view of myself as being undisciplined in the area of food and consequently unattractively overweight.

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