Testimony of Healing December 8, 2014 Issue

Our daughter’s healing

Mark Strickland

One night, when our now-adult daughter was two years old, she became very uncomfortable and feverish. She was crying and tossing and turning in her bed.

Our family had experienced many healings through Christian Science, and I had complete trust and confidence in our Father-Mother, God, to heal, so I turned quickly to God in prayer. My prayers were both audible and silent declarations of God’s power and presence, and I affirmed that my daughter was innocent, pure, and whole as God’s beloved child. I knew her real, spiritual identity was peaceful, free, and untouched by illness.

It seemed the only way to keep my daughter calm and somewhat comfortable was to hold her while standing and gently rocking her back and forth. As I did this, I prayed persistently with every truth that came to thought. This included hymns from the Christian Science Hymnal, which were a wonderful help in calming both my daughter’s and my own fears. In particular, my daughter insisted that I sing Mary Baker Eddy’s poem “Mother’s Evening Prayer” (Christian Science Hymnal, Nos. 207–212), multiple times.