Testimony of Healing July 18, 2011 Issue

Grateful for many healings

Jan Arend Clarke

Being a student of Christian Science all my life has brought me a multitude of blessings. I realize now how, even in my earlier years, I was marvelously cared for by these teachings. I was intuitively convinced of God’s care for me. This continuing trust later led me to take a stand for God’s control of my whole life. Hymn 202 in the Christian Science Hymnal speaks of this direction as “the mounting footsteps of the upward way” (Rosa M. Turner).

In my early 20s I faced the need to have a tooth pulled. I had used an anesthetic for years prior to this time without ever questioning why, but based on my study of Christian Science, I felt led to ask the dentist to proceed without any drug. He was astonished at my request and began to tell me why he couldn’t do that.

As he spoke, I silently recalled Jesus’ words to his disciples: “Could ye not watch with me one hour?” (Matt. 26:40). Those words had always tugged at my heart, and suddenly I realized that I could “watch” by not being tempted to think there was any power other than God, good.

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