Child’s headache stopped
About three years ago, during summer break from school, my daughter, who was a preteen at the time, went along with me to do errands. At one point when we were in a parking lot, she became very uncomfortable and complained, through tears, that she had a pounding headache.
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, was once asked by a student how her remarkable healings took place. Mrs. Eddy replied, “It is Love that heals, only Love!” (Yvonne Caché von Fettweis and Robert Townsend Warneck, Mary Baker Eddy: Christian Healer, Amplified Edition, p. 101). I remember feeling the touch of that divine Love as I comforted my daughter. I closed my eyes in prayer and immediately a profound image filled my thinking. I thought of her as contentedly snuggled and asleep in divine Love’s hand. For just a moment, I was utterly consumed by this sense of God’s deep love for her. I could see so clearly that she was completely secure in His care and safe from any erroneous notion of pain or discord of any kind.
Christian Science teaches us that God is Spirit, without human hands or any other element of a corporeal form. So, of course I knew that the loving hand that appeared to me was simply the ever-present Christ showing me, unequivocally, the nearness of God’s care for my daughter—and indeed, for all His children, including me. During the short drive back home, I continued to hold on to that wonderful lingering sense of God’s pure love and my daughter’s inherent perfection as His beloved child.
After we pulled into the garage, my daughter popped out of the car, ran down the driveway, and clambered to the top of one of the many granite boulders that surrounded our house. Her arms flew up in the air, and she yelled out, “I feel so much better, Mom!” She was completely free and enjoyed a normal, active day.
This experience has become even more precious to me in the years since, as I’ve gained a clearer understanding of what it is that really heals—divine Love. I’ve now seen firsthand that it’s not always necessary to argue on the side of spiritual truth to correct a material picture of pain and strife. Sometimes we’re able to see effortlessly our flawless and entirely spiritual being—and in a way that is unmistakable.
Words are not enough to describe how grateful I am for what Christian Science is teaching me every day about God’s ever-presence and man’s unbroken spiritual relationship to Him.
Sheryl Armstrong
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, US
I am the daughter mentioned in this testimony. I clearly remember how wonderful I felt after I was healed of the headache. I could feel God’s presence, and the immediate relief was inspiring. One minute my head was throbbing, and the next minute the pain had drained from my senses. This healing made me realize how beautiful the works of prayer can be. Just as my mom wrote, I recall galloping down my driveway and leaping through the air onto my favorite climbing boulder, free of all pain. That feeling of freedom will continue to remind me of the power of God.
Kelsey Armstrong
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, US
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