Christian Science in Orinda, California

November 16, 2011 Wednesday Evening Readings

alk — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:15:28 +0000

Topic: Faith Through God’s Healing…

Hearing restored and gratitude for knowing God more

alk — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 06:46:33 +0000

A little more than a year ago I found Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy at a thrift store in their book section. I had never heard of it before then. At home I would read it whenever I could. I was really amazed at the testimonies at the back of the book. I found some of the book difficult to understand and overlooked a lot of the reading and after a few months I donated it back to the same store. As time went by I kept thinking about Christian Science, feeling in my spirit it was true. I was wishing I had kept the precious little black leather book.

I finally found a Christian Science Practitioner close to where I live. I first met with her to find out more about Christian Science. She was very loving, kind and patient during treatment and through follow-up sessions. She also gave me a lot of helpful info, including telling me of a Christian Science Reading Room, where I bought another copy of Science and Health. I read this and the Bible, and many other books from the Reading Room, along with praying daily.

About three weeks later I began to lose my hearing in my right ear and within days I could barely hear people talk unless they talked very loud or got right next to my ear. It was so frustrating that I couldn’t hear my doorbell ring, my phone ring, the water running and even the TV with the volume up as far as it could go. My left ear had been damaged when I was nine years old after a doctor tried to correct a problem with excessive earaches so I never could hear much out of that ear. Meanwhile my family and friends out of concern kept insisting I go to the doctors to have it checked but I decided not to, wanting to lean on God for healing. I called the Christian Science practitioner for treatment. Two weeks later over the weekend I began to hear a little bit and on Monday morning after waking up I could hear all the lovely sounds of the birds and every thing was so loud! Praise be to God, my hearing was totally restored and made whole as God created me to be. Even the hearing in my left ear is better than it used to be. And thanks be to God for the Christian Science practitioner’s standing with me with her prayers, love, and support. Because God first loved us, we love. Praise God for His loving grace!

R.S.

November 2, 2011 Wednesday Evening Readings

alk — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:39:45 +0000

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Topic: Taking a Stand on God’s Side…

October 26, 2011 Wednesday Evening Readings

alk — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:37:50 +0000

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Topic: Listen for the Healing Message…

October 19, 2011 Wednesday Evening Readings

alk — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:32:52 +0000

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Topic: Personal Integrity…

October 12, 2011 Wednesday Evening Readings

alk — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:18:42 +0000

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Topic: Living Waters of Love…

October 5, 2011 Wednesday Evening Readings

alk — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:59:55 +0000

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Topic: In Whom or Where can you Place your Trust…

September 28, 2011 Wednesday Evening Readings

alk — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:47:33 +0000

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Topic: Newness of Life – A New Beginning…

September 21, 2011 Wednesday Evening Readings

alk — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:44:32 +0000

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Topic: Handling Fear in times of Travail…

Prayer cancels pain

annalisakronman — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:21:03 +0000

One evening while I was preparing for bed I suddenly felt a lot of pain. I immediately turned to God for help and began praying with the ideas in the Scientific Statement of Being, one of my favorite paragraphs in Science and Health (p. 468). I then began to think about the answer to the question, “What is man?” also in Science and Health (p. 475). I began to feel calmer, but was still very uncomfortable. I asked God to help me and to tell me what I needed. I heard, “Be still.” This was quite a request because I was so uncomfortable that I couldn’t seem to sit still. But I made myself stop moving. I remembered the beautiful solo that was sung at my sister’s wedding, which is from a verse in Psalms, “Be still, and know that I am God.” As I was being comforted by the words in the solo, I heard, “I am able to impart….” I recognized this phrase as a statement in Mrs. Eddy’s writings but wasn’t exactly sure of the whole passage. I knew it said something like “I am able to impart health and happiness.” I realized that it is man’s purpose to impart (communicate, make public, proclaim, give, bestow) health and happiness. And man is able to do it because he reflects the ability to do it. I am not personally the source of the ability to impart. That was a relief. And why, I asked, do we have this purpose? And the answer came – to glorify God. Our whole reason for existing is to glorify Him in everything we think, in everything we say, and in everything we do. This increased understanding of man’s whole purpose for being, of my purpose, filled me with joy. I promised to begin to question and examine everything I did. Is this glorifying God? How is what I am doing glorifying God? I was so absorbed in promising God I would do this that when I checked back, I realized the pain had just turned off, as suddenly as it had started. I was so grateful! The next morning I looked up the statement that had come to me. It is from First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 165 and it reads, “Thus may each member of this church rise above the oft-repeated inquiry, What am I? to the scientific response: I am able to impart truth, health, and happiness and this is the rock of my salvation and my reason for existing.” My reason for existing. The very reason man exists is to impart – to make known, to exemplify what God is. And how do I do that? By making sure that I am living as close to Him in thought and action as I can. That day I questioned myself often, and identified the spiritual qualities in each activity I was doing. I even caught myself when I felt impatient with a boy in my son’s swim class. The question practically yelled in my thought, And how is this thinking glorifying God? Woops! Since then I have challenged myself to continue this, and I am happy to say I am catching thoughts that aren’t consistent with my purpose to glorify God. I am also more conscious of God and am in better touch with Him as I go about my day. What a wonderful healing! I am very grateful.

H.B.