Testimony of Healing January 6, 2014 Issue

No more migraines

Kathryn Hoyt

Many years ago I struggled with migraine headaches. They were debilitating and often left me unable to meet daily demands. These headaches had gone on for several decades.

As I prayed for myself daily, I learned to stop and focus on God’s view of me, His beloved daughter. As Mary Baker Eddy wrote, “Now is the time for so-called material pains and material pleasures to pass away, for both are unreal, because impossible in Science” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 39). Mrs. Eddy’s use of the phrase “in Science” became an important part of my study. I found that I often needed to evaluate my thoughts to determine whether I was thinking about things “in Science” or “in matter.” I gained a great deal of encouragement from this spiritual discipline, and I knew that pain was simply not possible in Science.

A turning point came when I began to include in my prayers others who might be suffering from the same challenge. As I prayed for relief, I knew I could find my freedom as a beloved child of God. God could never create a debilitating problem for any of His creation. This meant that not only could I be free from the headaches, but everyone could be free.

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