YOU CAN BE A HEALER January 18, 2010 Issue

Our biweekly series on how people have nurtured their public practice of Christian Science healing.

A WITNESS OF GOD'S POWER

LISA PEÑA—ROGERS, ARKANSAS

I WOULD HAVE TO SAY that my work as a Christian Science nurse began even before I was practicing Christian Science.

Although my parents had raised me in this religion, I drifted away from it when I went away to college. I became involved in medical practices and eventually took up nursing work at a local hospital. While there, I enjoyed being a source of support to patients, especially those who were fearful, and I found myself sharing my sense of God as Love with anyone who was receptive. I remember in particular one man who was very frightened about the way he was feeling following surgery, and I spoke with him briefly about God knowing him and loving him through every trial. I assured him he was all right, as I was convinced that fear was the only thing holding him back. I just knew in my heart he was OK. The next day when I went to work, I was told the patient had gone home the evening before without any more of the disturbing symptoms. I knew he had been touched by the Christ.

Shortly after this experience, I arrived at work one day and realized I no longer wanted to work in the medical field. I gave my two weeks notice and felt a great lift. Then, within a month, I became seriously ill. After a dire prediction from a physician, I decided to turn wholeheartedly to God for healing, and I called a Christian Science practitioner for prayerful help. I was indeed healed, and this put me back on the path of seriously studying Christian Science.

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