Testimony of Healing June 30, 1997 Issue

I am so grateful to have been raised in a home where Christian Science...

Carolyn Oney Rook

I am so grateful to have been raised in a home where Christian Science was loved and lived. Although I happily attended the Christian Science Sunday School while growing up, I did not begin the serious study of this Science until I was married and had children. For the most part, it was my children's needs that prompted me to turn increasingly to God as the Father and Mother of all.

Although there have been many trials to overcome, I have always found turning to God to be the safest and most effective way to heal my children and myself. In praying for my children, I have laid aside much fear for their safety and success as I have learned to trust God more with our little ones (and our big kids!).

A healing that my son had helped me learn to trust God more. One day when Brian was three years old, I noticed a small sore on his face. I didn't really think anything of it until it began to spread. Before long his body was covered with this condition. Although I prayed the best I knew how for him, the situation did not improve. I was fearful and greatly discouraged. Then I found out that a neighbor's child had a similar disease, and I was told that their doctor had prescribed a medication to clear it up. That seemed like such a simple solution, but I had learned, very early on, that God heals thoroughly and permanently. More than anything else I wanted God to heal my child. That night after the children were in bed, I opened a copy of the Sentinel. The article I read spoke of Jesus raising Lazarus from the grave and brought out that Christ Jesus gave thanks to God before he restored Lazarus.

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