Testimony of Healing January 10, 1994 Issue

Before I found Christian Science, I believed medical science...

Name withheld

Before I found Christian Science, I believed medical science could help me; but when a doctor told me there was nothing more he could do to save my son, the future looked grim. I decided God must have something better for us than this—that He could not possibly require or allow death or loss. The memory had stayed with me of a time when my aunt, who had loved me even when I was unlovable, took me to a Christian Science Sunday School. I had decided Christian Science might be worth looking into sometime.

One day when working for a company in a distant city, I fell into conversation with a Roman Catholic, a Jew, and a Christian Scientist. We compared religious views, and again I was led to believe Christian Science had great value. I started studying it. At first my husband was very hostile about this, and I had to abandon the study. Later I was able to study without verbal interference, and I never forgot my impression that Christian Science teaches the truth.

Unfortunately there had to be a crisis before I took a strong stand and went to a Christian Science practitioner to pray for my son. Two days after birth this son was diagnosed with spinal meningitis, which had led to hydrocephalus—"water on the brain." A tube was inserted surgically to drain the fluid, but after a six-week hospitalization to treat an infection related to this procedure, I felt there had to be something more that could be done for the child. I was told we could expect more infections, and was offered no hope of actual healing.

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