Testimony of Healing July 7, 2003 Issue

Heart trouble healed spiritually

Gretchen Hennecke

For several years I intermittently experienced what felt like a fluttering in my heart. At some point, I realized this sensation was due to an irregular heartbeat. For quite a while I thought of this as merely an annoyance that I wished would go away, because otherwise I was feeling fine. When the sensation became nearly constant, however, I became afraid to the point that I stayed home from work a couple of times and curtailed other activities, even though I noticed no other symptoms.

I dealt with this situation through prayer, and gave myself Christian Science treatment, although not with a great deal of consistency. One night, as I lay awake, very aware of this irregular heartbeat, I couldn't help feeling my life was at the mercy of something that seemed to be going awry inside of me.

Through my study of the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, I'd learned about the spiritual nature of life. As I lay awake, I prayed for some idea that would help me; I really wanted to understand how and why this condition I was feeling was not a part of my life, since it obviously could not be part of God's creation. I wanted to see and understand what heart truly represents—from a spiritual point of view.

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