How I Found Christian Science August 27, 2018 Issue

Turning aside to see

Karen McCoy

Adapted from an article published in The Christian Science Monitor’s Christian Science Perspective column, May 18, 2018.

I wasn’t the least bit interested in religion. It surely wasn’t for me, or so I thought. But an experience I had shifted my perspective and introduced me to the healing power of Christian Science.

At the time, both my husband and I were in the medical field, and because we were in the “healing” business, a relative had given us a gift subscription to the Sentinel. Because I hadn’t ordered this magazine, I had been throwing the issues out unread as they arrived, but when I learned it was a gift, I decided I should take a look at a few copies. As I read the articles and testimonies of spiritual healing contained in each copy, I had difficulty making sense of the articles, but I did understand the testimonies. Each writer related a real-life problem and told how they prayed to God and were healed. Wow! That was pretty amazing to me, especially considering my professional background.

So here was my experience: I badly burned my hand on liquified sugar while cooking one evening. The pain was extreme, but when I put my hand in cold water, I got some relief from the pain. I asked my physician husband for help, but because his medical specialty was pathology he didn’t regularly prescribe medication. Since I was getting some relief from the cold water, we decided to not call a fellow physician that night, but to wait. I went to bed with a water bath next to the bed, but woke during the night in throbbing pain. The water was no longer cold, and I was pretty scared. I turned to wake my husband, but he was sleeping so soundly that I just didn’t have the heart to wake him. It was then that I recalled those testimonies of healing I’d read in the Sentinel.

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