Testimony of Healing August 9, 2004 Issue

'I never doubted that I would be completely healed'

Maxine Brown

At Christmastime 2001, I was on the way from Indiana to Florida to visit my son for the holidays. The first leg of the journey went smoothly. I changed planes and was feeling fine, though I was a little hungry after the light breakfast I'd had. But by the time we landed in Florida, I had to be roused by a flight attendant and needed assistance getting off the plane.

The crew was very attentive in getting me into a wheelchair and into the terminal, where my son was waiting to meet me. Greatly concerned about my condition, he drove me to his home, where I stayed overnight. But we soon realized that the care I needed was well beyond what he could provide. I wanted to rely on spiritual means for healing, but since physical care was also necessary, and there was neither a Christian Science nurse nor a Christian Science nursing facility in the area, we decided that I should go to a local hospital.

The doctors attending me ran a number of tests, but were unable to determine conclusively the nature of my condition. When medical treatment was offered, I told one of the doctors that I wanted to rely on prayer to be healed. He asked me why I wanted to take the risk of refusing medical treatment. I responded that I had always depended on Christian Science for healing, and that it had never failed me. My son, and my other three children, who by then had come to Florida to assist me, agreed with my decision. After that, the hospital staff worked with my family to help move me to a Christian Science nursing facility. Arrangements were made to transport me by air ambulance to a facility in another state that was located near both of my daughters. One of them called a Christian Science practitioner, who immediately began to treat me through prayer.

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