Testimony of Healing June 13, 1994 Issue

Growing up, my greatest desire and yearning was to fulfill...

Sarah F. Summons

Growing up, my greatest desire and yearning was to fulfill the roles of wife and mother. My mother suggested that I become a registered nurse, and thereby always have a profession that allowed me to care for others and provide for myself.

My grandmother, who had raised me until I started school, had taught me that nothing was impossible to God. This grandmother had healed many neighbors, friends, and me as well, by her love and unwavering faith in God. She told me on more than one occasion that "God's Word is guaranteed!" I had confidence in my grandmother, but did not yet understand God's ever-presence.

I did become a registered nurse. Sometimes I administered doctors' prescriptions to patients, and sometimes placebos, and noticed that blank tablets and sterile water often diminished the complaints of pain and acted as effectively as sedatives, though they were not medicated. Even though I was employed as a nurse, I still had in the back of my mind the desire to learn how my grandmother had healed through prayer. I visited many different churches in an attempt to discover the secret to God's consistent healing power.

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