Testimony of Healing September 8, 2008 Issue

MULTIPLE FRACTURES HEALED

JOHN BRUCE

In November 2007, a ladder collapsed under me while I was working at our holiday house, and I fell heavily onto my back. Immediately I prayed by claiming the absolute truth of this statement from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: ". . . man in God's image is unfallen and eternal" (Mary Baker Eddy, p.476). I thought to myself, There can be no accidents for all is under the control of divine Mind, God (see Science and Health, pp. 424, 544). My conviction came from many healings I'd had in Christian Science.

However, I found that any attempt to move led to extreme pain, and I asked a friend who was working with me to telephone my wife and ask her to contact a Christian Science practitioner to support me in prayer.

An ambulance was then called, since it seemed wise to have trained help move me, and I was taken to a hospital by helicopter ambulance. Once there, CT scans showed that my shoulder blades and seven ribs were broken, and that there were five fractures in the spine. For the first few days I was flat on my back, and any movement — even to roll over — involved assistance by four hospital staff members.

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