Testimony of Healing June 5, 2017 Issue

Healing of painful ribs

John Witney with contributions from Penny Witney

My wife introduced me to Christian Science. We had many discussions about religion and particularly Christian Science before we married, but while I could see the positive side of it, I didn’t really buy into all the ideas. I felt that it could possibly help with the healing process, but couldn’t understand how it could heal more physical problems such as broken bones, etc.

This view changed a few years into our married life. We had two quite young children and were driving back from a weekend away. As I suddenly twisted around in the car to quiet down the children, I felt a sharp pain in my side; it felt as if I had cracked a rib. 

The pain persisted the next day while I was at work. At the time I worked just down the road from a local hospital, and I considered getting an X-ray. I reasoned that if it showed I did have a cracked rib, then I would be able to test whether I could heal it through prayer and get physical proof that Christian Science worked. I determined that I would go get an X-ray after work that day.

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