Testimony of Healing January 10, 1994 Issue

Christian Science has been my only physician, healer, surgeon,...

Russell L. Luerssen

Christian Science has been my only physician, healer, surgeon, and protector for many years. I include surgeon because through prayer alone I was once healed of a growth on my hip. I was not afraid of the diseased condition, because I knew God had not made it; therefore the growth had no spiritual reality to it or divine law behind it. In my prayers to better understand my true spiritual identity as God's child, I declared that a material growth could not be rooted or grounded in divine Life, and so could not grow. Two days later there was no vestige of the problem—not even a scar.

For many wonderful years I was blessed with joy-filled companionship with my wife. When she passed on a few years ago, I was healed of loss and grief through the understanding Christian Science gave me that Life is eternal. I still feel her love and support, and know she feels mine.

However, some months after my wife's passing I fell ill and found myself in a Christian Science care facility, not quite sure how I had gotten there. (A friend had found me at home in a semiconscious state, and had driven me to the facility, where I could have proper nursing care.) My daughter had been notified; she and a family friend had flown in to be with me. Their strong understanding of Christian metaphysics helped me to pray, and I gained the spiritual alertness and strength needed to fly back with them to my daughter's home. I quickly progressed from a wheelchair to a walker, then to a cane. Through the prayerful help of a Christian Science practitioner, I was restored to complete health and vigor within a few weeks, and even able to play golf! A relative later remarked to me that she had witnessed a miracle. Although living alone has brought challenges, I have felt God's comforting care. Each one of us has a spiritual purpose to fulfill, and I have found great joy in increased church work.

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