Letters July 22, 2013 ISSUE

Letters

Maralee Burdick Knowlen, Margaret Wylie

A reminder

“Gift for a father—forgiveness and love,” from the Sentinel, June 10, 2013, reminded me of a healing I had during a Sunday church service.

Growing up, I was teased unmercifully by my older brother. I did my best not to cry and, mostly, not to react, as our mom counseled. In adulthood, my brother and I were friendly at family gatherings, but I still felt gnawing guilt about two things—holding a grudge all those years and feeling I must have caused the teasing.

I hadn’t given this situation specific prayer or treatment for many years. One Sunday, during the repetition of the Lord’s Prayer, I heard the man behind me. His voice reminded me of my brother’s. My heart leapt when that man repeated, “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” I knew in that moment that all was forgiven. I forgave my brother and I forgave myself.

I called my brother after church to tell him of the healing. He had no clue that I had felt bad all those years.

I am so grateful for this healing and that it took place before my brother passed on, and that it occurred during a church service.

The act of forgiveness comes naturally now and continues to bring peace.

Maralee Burdick Knowlen
Sherman Oaks, California, US

Gratitude for healings

I just want to express my gratitude for all the outstanding healings that are being published in the periodicals, both in print and on JSH-Online. It is so very encouraging to see reports of healing of vision (specifically cataracts) and hearing problems, multiple sclerosis, cancer, asthmatic bronchitis, a scorpion sting, and many more. I feel sure these healings are having a profound effect.

A few months ago, after reading a testimony of the healing of caffeine addiction (Jill Bakken, “End to Caffeine Addition,” Christian Science Journal, February 2013), I listened to a “News of Healing” podcast on JSH-Online that also dealt with the same issue (Elizabeth Kellogg, “Caffeine free,” January 15, 2013). At first I thought it was a repeat of the one I had read but later realized that it was a different account. As I listened, it suddenly came to me very quietly that I would no longer drink coffee. I had done so for many years but never felt addicted to it. It had never seemed to be a problem—not something I craved, or that I felt affected me one way or the other. I didn’t need it to wake me up, and it didn’t keep me from sleeping. However, in reading and hearing these accounts, its hold on me was very simply broken. I loved the simplicity of this healing of something that I did not realize needed healing. It simply fell away as though I had never drunk coffee.

And it makes me appreciate even more the value of testimonies, both written and spoken. I should add that all testimonies are “outstanding,” because each one bears tangible witness to Truth. 

Margaret Wylie
Mount Holly, New Jersey, US

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