Testimony of Healing December 25, 2006 Issue

FREED FROM CHRONIC PAIN

ROBERT CARSWELL

A few years ago I found myself favoring one knee because of a nagging pain that persisted on and off. At first, I simply passed this off as an old knee injury that was occasionally acting up. But it continued for quite some time.

Having been raised in Christian Science, I had overcome many instances of pain and discomfort through prayer, so I never doubted this could be healed. It was a natural response for me to pray about this, but when the pain increased to a point where it began to affect my daily activities, I decided to call a Christian Science practitioner to assist my prayers. She referred me to this citation in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy: "Mind is the source of all movement, and there is no inertia to retard or check its perpetual and harmonious action" (p. 283).

After I called the practitioner, the pain disappeared almost immediately. But over the next year, it returned a number of times, finally becoming so intense that I was forced to give up playing golf and taking long walks with our dogs—some of my favorite activities. I was also ushering for my branch church, and although I continued with this, I found I had to sit down frequently. During this time, I continued to pray for healing, requesting the help of a practitioner on at least two other occasions when I found I couldn't think because the pain was so intense. I would get relief, but healing still wasn't complete.

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