Testimony of Healing August 3, 2009 Issue

HEALED BY A SIMPLE TRUTH

MARY JULIA KEPHART

"You never know where a good idea will come from," a Christian Science practitioner once said to me. This was proved to me in an unexpected way. A line from a movie, reminding me of what was spiritually true, inspired and healed me—at the same time revealing a lighter side of divine Love's guiding.

My husband and I had planned a road trip to visit friends and attend a family celebration. Before leaving, I began to experience physical difficulties, including a rash and what appeared to be infection in several areas of my body. Though severer and more widespread, the symptoms were similar to a yeast infection for which I'd been medically treated years before. I was in extreme pain and didn't want to go anywhere. Nevertheless, we'd experienced many healings through Christian Science prayer alone, and my husband's encouragement was compassionate. Remembering the times prayer had healed me, I consented to go, trusting divine Love to guide my prayers and heal me.

When we arrived, we had an active and nice day visiting with our friends. But that evening I again experienced a great deal of pain. Longing for some relief, I asked my husband to buy a lotion my parents had used when I was a child, to soothe a rash. While he was gone, I asked myself, "Where am I putting my trust?" I really wanted to depend on Christian Science alone for healing because prayer always includes spiritual growth. I wanted to feel God's presence—and better understand my spirituality as His child. This realization was in itself a great relief, and I was happy when my husband returned without any lotion.

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