Testimony of Healing June 20, 1994 Issue

Having spent thirty-five years relying on medicine, I found...

Deborah L. Snyder

Having spent thirty-five years relying on medicine, I found the idea of trusting one's health exclusively to prayer to be very frightening. I simply couldn't believe physical problems could be cured through prayer. Moreover, I couldn't understand why prayer and medicine couldn't be used hand in hand. After all, I thought, both methods are intended to help the patient.

I was first introduced to Christian Science when I met my husband. I attended church on a semiregular basis and studied the weekly Bible Lesson occasionally. Actually, I found that the more I read, the more frustrated I felt. I considered myself an intelligent person, so I wondered why I was having such difficulty in understanding what I was reading. Other people seemed to benefit so much by applying the teachings of Christian Science in their lives. In spite of feeling discouraged, I continued attending church and reading the Lesson.

When several crises occurred, I was at one point encouraged by well-meaning friends and family to attend a different church, which they thought could provide more of the spiritual support they felt I needed. What they did not realize (nor did I at the time) was that I was getting more spiritual support than could be imagined from the members of our Christian Science Society.

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