Testimony of Healing September 30, 2013 Issue

Dad's drinking problem solved

Laura Westoby

From the time I was very young, my dad had a drinking problem. I was always afraid of him, which made me angry. I did not know how to overcome this constant fear of him.

I went to the Christian Science Sunday School growing up, and at age ten I attended a class that would change my life. One day our Sunday School teacher asked me to memorize the 91st Psalm. Verse 11 of it reads, “For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.” I knew that God’s angels would protect me and keep me safe.

My teacher said: “We can always pray about anything. Just talk to God, because he always hears our prayers and will answer them.” I knew now that I could pray every day. I asked God to help my dad stop drinking so I wouldn’t be afraid anymore and my family would be happy. I never stopped praying, even though there seemed to be no progress. I remembered what my Sunday School teacher said, “Man is God’s image and likeness, and all that God created is good.” I prayed to see my dad as God’s image and likeness. I affirmed that because God is good, my dad must be good, too.

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