Testimony of Healing April 6, 1992 Issue

My introduction to Christian Science was in college through a...

Christine McHale

My introduction to Christian Science was in college through a dear friend whose daily example led me to begin reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy along with my study of the Bible. I will never forget those first glimpses of light and the transformation they brought to my life. It is with great joy that I give thanks for the healings I've experienced through an ever-growing understanding of God and His image, man. As Christ Jesus said, "Freely ye have received, freely give."

A short while after beginning my study of Christian Science, I hurt my ankle. A nurse who examined the injury told me that it was badly sprained. She wrapped the ankle, provided me with crutches, and advised against putting any weight on the foot for a while. After returning home I opened Science and Health, not quite understanding what I needed to do, but feeling a new, childlike trust that God would care for me. After reading for some time, I found that this trust had deepened into conviction.

I did not know then how to pray about the injury or give myself Christian Science treatment. I just continued to read Science and Health, and my concern about my ankle faded. I immersed myself in the beautiful ideas expressed in this textbook, revealing for me a tender, deeply loving God who is "a very present help in trouble" (Psalms). For the first time, I began to see this as a practical promise—I could appeal to God's law under any circumstance, even for a physical difficulty.

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