Testimony of Healing May 26, 2008 Issue

HEALING OF ALLERGIES, A BACK PROBLEM, AND MORE

Originally published in El Heraldo de la Ciencia Cristiana

ANA MARIA BARTEL

I suffered from allergies for many years. Except for during the wintertime, I was always gasping for air and my respiratory system was blocked. There was no medication that could bring me relief. The condition was so serious that I would leave nasal drops in the homes of my friends, in case I forgot to bring mine and began to feel very ill during a visit.

This whole situation changed when I learned of Christian Science. While reading Science and Health, I realized that suffering was not a law of God, that He had not established anything in nature to be against me. Mary Baker Eddy wrote, "What an abuse of natural beauty to say that a rose, the smile of God, can produce suffering! The joy of its presence, its beauty and fragrance, should uplift the thought, and dissuade any sense of fear or fever" I learned that it was irreverent to think that "the perfume of clover and the breath of new-mown hay can cause glandular inflammation, sneezing, and nasal pangs" (p. 175).

So I decided to enjoy nature and to pray to be healed of this condition. I remember that whenever the allergic symptoms began to appear, I would refuse to believe in them, declaring, "God did not create them and did not impose them on me, so I can't be suffering from them." And that is exactly what I experienced. As I persistently continued in my prayer, I was totally liberated from the allergic reactions. This healing took place more than 25 years ago.

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