I went out of town for a few days with our daughters, and returned home to a sick husband. I immediately began cleaning up and caring for him. His health was returning however his stress level increased as his rest days went by because he felt certain he needed to be out in the orchard working. Christian Science prayer treatment not only brought healing but also calmed the situation somewhat and new ways of doing things opened up.

My husband called the neighbor farmer, and knowing exactly what to do out in the blooming orchard, he finished the job that was critically time dependent.

We lived in a small cracker-box of a trailer and try as we did to keep our daughters in the other rooms, the younger daughter began exhibiting signs of sickness. Not exactly knowing what my husband was recuperating from, we decided to find a doctor.

We found a lady doctor, very loving. She detected pneumonia and was glad to see my husband was recuperating so nicely. We were impressed by her composure. She didn’t automatically recommend drugs or give us a scare. She assessed the situation and knew we honestly were making the effort to understand spiritual reality. She acknowledged our older daughter was untouched by the pneumonia but our younger daughter did have symptoms. The doctor then prescribed medicine and asserted that the medicine takes 10 days to be effective but also comes with side-affects therefore we were to use our sound judgement and keep in touch with her if needed. Only 2 pills were given to our younger  daughter because she bounced back to health and we were all back to our normal routines.

From21st Century Science and Health, “Physicians, whom the sick employ in their helplessness, should be models of integrity. They should be wise spiritual guides to health and hope. To the tremblers on the brink of death, who do not understand divine Truth, physicians can be prepared to teach it. Patients can learn the Truth that is Life, perpetuating healthy being. When the soul is willing and the flesh is weak, the patient’s feet may be planted on the rock Christ Jesus, the true idea of spiritual power.”