Healing Stories

Flu symptoms—gone

Blog Administrator — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:02:38 +0000

I was raised in Christian Science and attended a Christian Science Sunday School. Growing up, I had many healings through spiritual prayer. Sunday School provided me with a wonderful resource to discuss my relationship with God. (more…)

Skin growth healed

Blog Administrator — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:01:47 +0000

For many years I’d noticed a small dry spot on my lower shin. But as it wasn’t painful and wasn’t noticeable to anyone else, I didn’t give it another thought. Then a couple of years ago, two women I work with teaching sewing told me about similar spots on their skin that had darkened. Both had these spots surgically removed. (more…)

Quick healing of wasp sting

Blog Administrator — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:00:58 +0000

It’s lovely to read testimonies in the Christian Science Sentinel, which so often remind me of my own healings.

There’s one healing that, as I look back, has been leading me to the understanding that God truly is All. It wasn’t just the immediate freedom I had of the effects of a wasp sting that made this particular healing significant. It was also how from that experience I’ve come to see that, like Daniel in the lions’ den, we don’t have to suffer or be touched by anything contrary to good.

Soon after a difficult separation from my former husband, I’d acquired my own house. One day I was sitting in my small garden feeling so grateful for this new home and the beautiful day. Then I felt a sharp prick on the back of my hand. I looked down to see a wasp and realized I’d been stung. This hadn’t happened to me before, but I’d heard other people talk about being stung. I took very little notice of it initially because I needed to go out. But when I got into my car, I was surprised to see that my hand and arm were beginning to swell and had become very painful.

Immediately these lines from Science and Health came to me: “Understanding the control which Love held over all, Daniel felt safe in the lions’ den, and Paul proved the viper to be harmless. All of God’s creatures, moving in the harmony of Science, are harmless, useful, indestructible” (Science and Health, p. 514). With my realization of this fact, the swelling simply disappeared before my eyes, and the pain left, too. And that was the end of it.

When I’d thought of those lines, it was as if God had spoken directly to me—it wasn’t just words, it was the truth. And I hadn’t the slightest hesitation in accepting the idea that God’s creatures wouldn’t hurt each other. I’d been prepared through my morning Bible study and prayers to accept wholeheartedly what was true. I knew there couldn’t possibly be anything that could hurt me, because I was God’s beloved, held in His care. I realized that God couldn’t and didn’t make a tiny little creature (or large for that matter) that could poison me or harm me, or anyone, in any way. God is pure goodness and all power. God made all, and it was good, as we read in Genesis 1.

I am so grateful for the many healings I’ve had. Each has been a promise that, like the wasp sting, nothing has the power to disrupt the harmony of my life or leave a lasting scar. Shortly after the incident with the wasp, I met and married a man who has for the last 16 years been my best friend.

Anne Mepham | Wakefield, England

Healed of a hockey injury

Blog Administrator — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:08:19 +0000

I play ice hockey twice a week in the mornings before going to work. Occasionally the puck hits me where I have little or no equipment. These hits usually slow me down for a few seconds, and nothing more. But one particular Tuesday morning, the puck hit the side of my skate where there was no padding, traveling between 30–50 miles per hour. The hit was painful, and I paused for a few seconds, but was able to continue with the game. (more…)

Poisonous spider bite symptoms reversed

Blog Administrator — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:07:16 +0000

One day several years ago, while teaching at a public elementary school, I suddenly felt a sharp, painful sting on my neck. One of the teachers identified the insect that fell out of my clothes as a black widow spider. My entire body began itching uncontrollably everywhere at once. Soon after that, I was covered in hives. I became faint, and another teacher helped me to the nurse’s office. (more…)

‘The pain completely disappeared’

Blog Administrator — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:05:48 +0000

Originally published in Le Héraut de la Science Chrétienne

“Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). This declaration of Jesus, spoken 2,000 years ago, is still alive and applicable today, as I can attest from experience. (more…)

Chest pain and weakness healed

Blog Administrator — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:41:15 +0000

One Thursday morning early in 2007 I was substituting in a bridge game at our community clubhouse when I began to feel ill. I felt a tightness squeezing my chest and left arm. (more…)

Healing and a new view of Christian Science treatment

Blog Administrator — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:40:13 +0000

I’m grateful for an experience I once had, which not only involved overcoming a physical challenge, but taught me some important lessons on how to more effectively give a Christian Science treatment, or earnest and specific prayer applied to a situation that needs healing. (more…)

Feeling God’s love brought healing

Blog Administrator — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:38:19 +0000

Years ago, when our son was just seven weeks old, I began to understand one of the most valuable truths taught in Christian Science: that even in a frightening situation, I could trust God’s love to dissolve my fear; I could turn to Him with confidence and see my children protected, loved, and healed. (more…)

Healed of longstanding skin growth

Blog Administrator — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:54:14 +0000

I have gained such spiritual insight and inspiration from reading Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. What I’ve learned about God and my relationship with Him from this book has been a constant source of peace and comfort. Last spring a particular passage helped spur on a healing. (more…)