Testimony of Healing November 19, 1990 Issue

At the time when our first child was about two and I was teaching,...

Rebecca Hewitt Coughtry with contributions from Dean T. Coughtry

At the time when our first child was about two and I was teaching, I discovered that a mole on my body had become enlarged and quite sore. I became frightened. When I was a child, and long before I had become interested in Christian Science, a similar situation had occurred. My parents had taken me to a doctor to have the mole surgically removed. The doctor had examined me and had warned me of several other spots to watch. I had forgotten all about the experience until this situation presented itself.

I had recently completed class instruction with a teacher of Christian Science. In class I had learned a great deal about spiritual healing. I was confident that this situation could be an occasion to glorify God and to express man's God-given dominion. I searched the Bible and Mrs. Eddy's writings, and I prayed for days about this. At first the mole enlarged and became very painful. Worse yet, I was dismayed to realize that instead of the peace and comfort I usually gained from prayer and study, I felt I was dealing with words, nothing more. I was afraid of dying.

One day, I began to cry and said out loud, "What do I need to know that I don't know? What should I be doing that I'm not already doing?" In a flash I had my answer. I had been merely wanting this thing to disappear from my body, wanting it to stop growing. I knew at that moment that we are never stop true growth, which is spiritual, but to cherish and encourage spiritual growth. This growth can never harm us.

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