Ankle and knee injuries healed

Several years ago I was attending my local branch Church of Christ, Scientist, where I would one day become a member. Attendees frequently gave testimonies of physical healings during weekly testimony meetings. I enjoyed these testimonies greatly and wanted to give my own. Yet, I’d had few substantive healings that I felt were worth sharing. I also wanted to have more healings to prove to myself that Christian Science is the real deal. Now, with several healings under my belt, I submit this as proof that Christian Science does heal and is most worthy of gratitude and devotion.

I was in a martial arts class and was prepared for someone heavier than me to jump on me. However, the excess weight badly damaged my ankle and foot, and I collapsed. That evening, a friend who is also a Christian Scientist and who was aware of the injuries, prayed with me. The next morning my ankle was swollen, and I had difficulty walking, yet I felt no pain in either my foot or my ankle. Within a few weeks, I was completely free, but it was a few more years before I finally gave thanks to God for the healing.

During another practice in this class, one of my knees swelled. The swelling eventually disappeared, but I continued to endure near-constant pain for several months. As a result of geographic distance, Sunday work, and weeknight activities, I had let my church attendance, and even my study and practice of Christian Science, fall by the wayside. So I did not attempt to heal the knee through prayer. An MRI scan confirmed that I had a torn cartilage, but the doctors didn’t advise any particular medical route to deal with it.

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