Testimony of Healing July 23, 1990 Issue

Once I cut my thumb badly while cleaning a terrarium

Marlyeen Stettner

Once I cut my thumb badly while cleaning a terrarium. I felt faint and very afraid. I called a neighbor who is a member of my branch Church of Christ, Scientist. She said she would be happy to come and help; then she said she knew God was right there with me. As I felt God's presence with me, the pain and fear left. I no longer felt I needed someone with me, and I said she didn't need to come. I bandaged the thumb, and it was completely healed the next day. I attribute the fast healing to my quick acceptance of the spiritual truth my friend voiced.

Throughout my life there had been a growth in the corner of one eye. I had ignored it for many years, but at one point in my teaching career, someone said something about it for the first time. I realized it was time to heal this. I saw clearly that the purpose of healing is to glorify God and not merely to make the body better. I knew that while the growth had caused me no particular concern, it was an example of imperfection; and I knew that the Bible teaches, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect" (Matthew).

The thought kept coming that God, Mind, is the great Physician. The growth was completely gone in a few days. This happened many years ago.

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