Testimony of Healing April 28, 2003 Issue

Healings of the heart

William H. Hill

Some years ago I found myself assaulted on two fronts—emotional and physical. On one side, I was feeling lonely, afraid, and brokenhearted, as my wife was not happy in our marriage and had decided to take our two children and visit her family on the other side of the country for the summer months as part of a trial separation.

The other problem was a sharp pain that developed in the left side of my chest as I returned to the office after a long and trying day. The building appeared empty as I entered the elevator and pushed the button for my floor. No sooner had the elevator begun to move, than I felt the pain and I found myself falling to the floor with an apparent heart attack. The pain was so excruciating that it was all I could do to crawl down the hall to my office and reach up to put the key in the door. I remember wondering if this was the end of me, and whether I had the strength even to make a phone call to ask someone to help me.

Instinctively, I began to pray for myself. Despite all evidence to the contrary, I declared out loud that right there, right then, I was in the presence of God. I knew this to be true because I had experienced God's healing power many times in the past. I knew from my study of the Bible and of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy that I was made in God's image and likeness and therefore was spiritual—beyond the reach of physical illness or attack.

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