Testimony of Healing November 2, 2009 Issue

PRAYER HEALS BREATHING DIFFICULTY

AMY RICHMOND

In the early fall of 2008, I had the symptoms of a bronchial infection. When this came up once before, I'd gone to a doctor, but the prescribed medicine didn't do much to help me, and recovery took a long time.

This time, I decided to rely only on God. I prayed daily. Working at home allowed me the freedom to take some extra time during the day for study and prayer. Central to my prayer was "the scientific statement of being" (see Science and Health, p. 468), which lifted my thoughts to what was true about me as Spirit's reflection. God, not physicality, was in control of my life and identity. I also called a Christian Science practitioner to support my prayers. I didn't feel any worse than when I'd taken the medicine, and mentally I definitely felt better, but I wasn't healed immediately and I wanted to be. Because I've had so many healings (and many recent healings), I did trust that a complete healing would come.

Then some friends invited me to go to Telluride for a week of hiking in the mountains of Colorado. Was it crazy to go? It didn't seem like it, even though I couldn't imagine hiking, especially at high altitude. But it felt right to go, and I thought I could stay behind at the lodge and pray if needed.

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