Testimony of Healing June 12, 2006 Issue

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TREATMENT HEALS FACIAL GROWTH

ELLEN AUSTIN

One day about a year and a half ago, I noticed a small growth on my forehead while blow-drying my hair. Immediately I became alarmed because it looked similar to a growth in the same place that had eventually proved fatal to a family member. In that moment, a lightning bolt of fear was saying that the result would be the same for me. I felt sure, however, that Christian Science could heal this condition, and that the best time to be rid of it was now, when it was first "knocking for admission" into my life.

During Christian Science class instruction, the teacher had emphasized the importance of daily giving Christian Science treatment, praying specifically for oneself and humanity. Now, I began to address in prayer the issues my situation presented—physical, mental, and emotional. I recognized that the condition arose from the belief that I was a material being, from the latent fear that it was now "my turn" to deal with something that "ran in the family," and from the false notion that God allows or even sends marring elements, from blemishes to cancers.

I asked, Does God govern creation? (In prayer, the question felt more direct and intimate: Do You govern Your creation?) The answer, of course, was yes—God knows, governs, and maintains all creation perfectly, and that creation is entirely spiritual. As I reasoned from this wonderful truth, it became clear to me that my spiritual identity was always intact and unblemished and that this was also true for every member of Love's universal family—then and always.

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