Testimony of Healing

No Limit to God’s Healing Power

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE has blessed my life abundantly, and I am grateful for the many healings both my family and I have experienced.

At one time I was married to a United Methodist minister. During those years, I attended my husband's church and discontinued my study of Christian Science. Even after the marriage ended, I did not immediately return to Christian Science.

Some years ago, I began having severe chest pains that disabled me to the point that I needed to lie down in a fetal position, sometimes for almost half an hour, until they passed. These attacks continued for many weeks. Since I wasn't studying Christian Science at the time, I sought medical help. At first the doctors thought that what I was experiencing was heart related and that the condition was possibly angina. But after running various tests, they eventually sent me to a stomach specialist. He diagnosed my condition as esophageal reflux and said it was not curable but could be helped with medication, which he prescribed. At first the medication did help, but soon the attacks resumed, and I was no better off than before.

By this time, I had begun serving as a substitute organist at a local Christian Science branch church. It was wonderful to once again be hearing truths that I had learned as a child in the Christian Science Sunday School and to think back on the healings I had witnessed growing up. One evening while I was struggling with pain, the thought came to me very clearly that Christian Science does heal. I felt this was a message directly from God. I realized then that because of what I'd been hearing about God's healing power, I'd been nurturing the idea in my thinking that I didn't have to accept that my suffering was incurable or that it could only be controlled sometimes by medication. I wanted to be completely healed of the condition.

I called a friend who is a Christian Science practitioner and asked her to pray for me. She shared many comforting and healing ideas, including the thought that as God's reflection, I couldn't experience disease or pain. God could not create anything unlike Himself. It was such a relief to turn wholeheartedly to God and to be reassured of His love. When I hung up the phone, I was completely healed of fear and felt that a physical healing had taken place.

Consequently, I discarded the medication. Within a few days, all the symptoms of the condition vanished. This was over 15 years ago, and the healing has remained permanent. I definitely experienced what this passage in Science and Health affirms: "There is no pain in Truth, and no truth in pain ... " (p. 113).

This healing was a turning point for me. I resumed my study of Christian Science, joined my local branch church, and have remained an active member ever since.

I rejoice daily in God's healing power and love.

Robin Chadwick
Chehalis, Washington

Reprinted with permission from the Christian Science Journal June, 2006, page 36
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