HEALED OF CHRONIC STOMACH UPSET

Originally published in El Heraldo de la Christian Science

NIOMI LA ROSA

For more than 20 years I had an enormous battle with a stomach ailment that didn't respond to medical treatment. I could eat very few things, and even those I ate with a certain amount of fear. Many foods were harmful to me. Every time I saw other people eat with such pleasure and enjoyment, I was very sad because I didn't have the freedom they had.

It wasn't until I learned about Christian Science and began studying it, that I got a clearer understanding of God as the Creator of all, and of His creation as spiritual.

My spiritual awakening took place thanks to the study of the Bible and the book Science and Health, as well as attendance at the Sunday and Wednesday church meetings at a local Christian Science Society. Along with visits to its Reading Room, all of this strengthened and fed me spiritually.

One day I went downstairs to the dining room in my house, and I saw bananas, apples, mangos, and other appetizing fruits in a fruit bowl. At that very moment, I recalled a passage in the Bible in the book of Genesis that says, "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good" (1:31). And I reasoned: "My God made everything, and everything He created is good. It's impossible that these fruits, which have such a natural and delicious sweetness that can't even be imitated chemically, could do me harm."

These ideas gave me such strength, and they encouraged me to take the fruit and eat it without fear. And how delicious it tasted! Best of all, what I ate didn't hurt me in the least.

From that point on, I could eat everything freely. The stomach churning and discomfort that had previously resulted every time I ate certain foods never returned. And I began to gain needed weight. Understanding the truth that everything that God created is good, freed me from the ailment from which I had suffered for many years.

NIOMI LA ROSA
AREQUIPA, PERU

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