Testimony of Healing March 27, 1989 Issue

It is with deep appreciation and love for Christian Science that I...

Adana Grant Hagelstein

IT is with deep appreciation and love for Christian Science that I submit this testimony. During my late teens I attended a Christian Science Sunday School. I accepted the fact that healings could be accomplished through prayer, but I didn't understand the divine Principle that made them possible.

After I was married, I began serving as soloist in different Protestant churches and reading various books on religion. Gradually I began relying on material methods for healing. Following the birth of our second son, I sought the help of a doctor for an internal disorder I had been having. After recommending many prescriptions he said he was sorry but he could do nothing more for me, and I would have to learn to live with the trouble. I was also suffering from another serious condition. The latter difficulty limited me to eating only a few types of bland foods. To relieve the pain I was taking over-the-counter drugs.

My love for God had always been great, but my understanding of Him was very limited. In my extremity I called a Christian Science practitioner. When I visited her, a gentle peace came over me. Many fearful and false beliefs about myself and about God, which I had been holding, were corrected during that visit. What a perfect seedtime for the beautiful spiritual truths she shared—truths of man's relation to his heavenly Father-Mother God. I so needed to know that I was completely embraced in divine Love.

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