Testimony of Healing October 3, 2011 Issue

Healed of restricted mobility

George S. Birdsong, Jr.

Two years ago, I had difficulty getting out of bed in the morning and experienced pain that made walking burdensome. I left for work, and climbing the stairs to my office, I realized my mobility was very restricted.

Later that afternoon I tried running, and it was impossible. As I am very active, fearful suggestions tried to take hold: “You’re getting older. Is this arthritis? What if you can’t run, ski, or hike again?” It seemed so real! But as a lifelong Christian Scientist, I knew this condition was not sent from God and that prayer was the only answer. 

When I got home, I opened Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. The opening sentence in the first chapter reads, “The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God,—a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love” (p. 1).