Child healed; grief overcome

Robert C. Blohm

I am grateful that I had the opportunity to witness God's power to heal my oldest daughter. When she was almost two, she was healed of a physical condition that seemed quite serious. I had been working that day and felt the symptoms of a cold coming on. I began feeling quite sorry for myself. When I telephoned my wife, she told me that our daughter was not well and said that she would call a Christian Science practitioner.

The joy I felt when these people were with me cannot be taken away.

When I got home, I was shocked at my daughter's appearance. She seemed very ill and had a severe cough. I became very afraid. I immediately began to pray. I went over everything I could think of from what I had learned in Sunday School, but nothing seemed to help. Finally, as my wife called the practitioner again, I pleaded with God for an answer I could understand. As I held the child and listened to God, the thought came that our daughter is actually the child of God. God was taking care of her, just as He had always taken care of her and of me. God was right there with us. My own fear quickly subsided. The child, who had been extremely restless, became still and fell asleep. She improved quickly, and within a day or two, she was perfectly healed and back to her joyous, energetic self. She is now a very active and happy six-year-old and has not had any recurrence of the condition. And I, too, was quickly healed of the cold symptoms.

I struggled with the thought of death and the resulting grief for many years. A number of friends died when I was relatively young, and my dad passed on when I was in college. All of these deaths were emotional for me, but my dad's passing was particularly troublesome. He always did things with me when I was growing up, and he cared very deeply about what I did and how I did it. His early death left me with more questions than answers.

During Primary class instruction in Christian Science, I was reassured of some basic truths about life that I had previously learned in the Christian Science Sunday School. Man is really a spiritual idea, and not a material, human body. Ideas cannot die, neither can they be taken away. Thus, all of the good qualities (honesty, integrity, generosity, friendliness, helpfulness, and so forth) that my dad and my friends expressed are still present, alive and well. I strive to see these qualities in others, and I try to exhibit these qualities myself, as well. Furthermore, the joy I felt when these people were with me cannot be taken away. Joy cannot die.

I realized the healing of grief was permanent during a recent Thanks-giving church service. I have always associated Thanksgiving Day with my dad. As we sang the first hymn, I could not hold back the tears. This time they were not tears of grief, but tears of joy. I am no longer sad when I think of my dad or my friends. I am just so happy that I can see and express the same beautiful qualities. For these healings and many others, I am truly grateful.

Robert C. Blohm
Chesapeake, Virginia

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