Article October 14, 1991 Issue

Don't forget to acknowledge the healing

To acknowledge the spiritual healings we've had is not only strengthening and progressive, it glorifies our creator.

Marian English

It had been a long evening. Our young son had been very uncomfortable with an earache. There were guests in our home, and with an active family the demands seemed great. But because our children had been healed many times through prayer in Christian Science, I did not hesitate to spend the time necessary to turn to God for the help that was needed.

As I worked diligently to comfort the child, a verse from Isaiah came to mind: "The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back." Knowing that childlike thought is innocent, neither rebellious nor resistant but receptive to God's healing message of love, I found that my own tension and fear faded. In a short time the child fell asleep, resting peacefully throughout the night. By morning, the ear had opened and drained, and he was once again his normal, playful self. He didn't again suffer from earache, and our son is now an adult with the keen ear of a professional musician.

Years later I remembered this incident. As I recalled the events of that evening, it gradually dawned on me that I had never really acknowledged this healing. I had felt deep gratitude to see the child well and active. Yet I had never challenged an unhappy memory that had kept a vague account of the event and emphasized all the wrong things. The pressures of the evening were impressed vividly on my thought, but it took some study to find just the Biblical inspiration that had filled our home with Christly calm and healing that night. As I thought of the powerful Word of God that had broken through the anxiety I felt for our son, the memory of stress and commotion fell away, and the spiritual healing stood out as clearly as a light.

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