Testimony of Healing January 19, 2026 Issue

Healing of swollen foot

Diane Sheth

Last summer, I had a wonderful healing of a sore, swollen foot that also did not flex easily or sometimes at all. The only footwear I could stand was sandals or backless shoes. For several weeks, the foot was uncomfortable, and standing was difficult even for normal periods of time. But I was able to pray, and it was the fact that this condition was healed solely through prayer that means the most to me and has left the biggest impression.

I’ve had many healings through the application of the teachings of Christian Science, so I expected healing in this case as well. I prayed with several statements of truth from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, such as “the scientific statement of being” (p. 468), which begins: “There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all.” I also pondered this: “Have no fear that matter can ache, swell, and be inflamed as the result of a law of any kind, when it is self-evident that matter can have no pain nor inflammation” (p. 393).

Early one week, an invitation came that ended up hastening the healing. My daughter asked me to attend a state fair with her that coming weekend, which would require a lot of walking, certainly more than I was doing at the moment. She knew of my mobility problem, but we decided to see how things were at week’s end.

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