Testimony of Healing February 25, 1991 Issue

Because Christian Science is preventive as well as curative...

Meryl L. Holt

Because Christian Science is preventive as well as curative in the treatment of disease, I had a healthy and happy childhood. My mother was a student of Christian Science and used this Science as a guide for living. In our home, disease was neither talked about nor feared; thus we left room for God and His goodness to occupy thought.

I remember being sick only once during my childhood. I had chicken pox and was quickly healed in Christian Science. The only accident I can recall was a fall on a broken flower pot. The gash closed quickly without the need of stitches, and later the scar disappeared. At one time there was a particularly violent thunderstorm. My mother drew me close to her and shared verses from the book of Psalms. She always reached out to God for comfort and protection. I feel very privileged to have been brought up in this Science.

With the prayerful help of a Christian Science practitioner, my father was healed, in one day, of severe stomach pain. The prayer that healed him of the stomach pain also healed him of a longstanding habit of heavy smoking. He never smoked again. My father was also healed of an annoying rash that had been diagnosed as incurable by a doctor.

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