Testimony of Healing February 21, 1994 Issue

"Are we really grateful for the good already received?...

Barbara A. Muench

"Are we really grateful for the good already received?... Gratitude is much more than a verbal expression of thanks. Action expresses more gratitude than speech." So writes Mary Baker Eddy on page 3 of Science and Health. It is time for me to act by testifying to my gratitude for Christian Science.

My first healing occurred when I was a young child. I had been helping my mother with the laundry. We had the kind of washing machine with a wringer on the top, into which clothes were fed. As I was guiding some clothing into the wringer, one of my fingers got caught and was very badly injured.

My mother was new to Christian Science at this point. I remember her calm assurance that God would heal my finger. She wrapped a bandage around it and called a Christian Science practitioner for help through prayer. I accepted God's love for me and was not concerned about the finger. I went to school and participated in activities without incident. I don't recall just when the healing came, but in a short time the finger was completely healed, solely through prayer.

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