Testimony of Healing January 14, 2019 ISSUE

Young child’s earache healed

Charlotte Whitby

When my daughter was little, one afternoon I noticed she was frequently touching one ear. Although she was happy enough, I worried that it was a mild ear infection. By dinner the earache was worse. My little girl was on my bed, and I tried to comfort her as best I could. I hated seeing her in pain, and wanted the pain to go away immediately.

This was taking place at a time when I had recently returned to Christian Science after having left it for some years. As a child, I’d had several fast healings of painful earaches through Christian Science treatment; one more earache in college was healed promptly and decisively after I called a Christian Science practitioner, and that was the end of earaches for me. But now I questioned if my prayers were effective enough to heal my daughter quickly in this situation. I briefly considered taking her to a medical clinic, but I knew it would take some time to drive there and wait for help. I wanted her to be comforted now, and from my own experience I knew Christian Science could provide the immediate help that was needed.

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