Physical and Mental Decline Reversed Through Prayer

I am so happy for finding the Plainfield Christian Science Church and learning how Christian Science is a way of life. A peaceful, loving, fearless way of life. When I found Plainfield on YouTube, I was at one of the lowest points in my life. I was in the middle of a very stressful long distance move along with health troubles in the family. As I was unpacking from our move to Mississippi from New Jersey, one of the first items I unpacked were two Science and Health textbooks. At the time in New Jersey, when I was packing I remember thinking of them as extra items. The only reason I didn’t donate them was out of respect for my mother who left them at our house throughout the years. But now as I was unpacking them, first one then the other, I realized this was a sign from God. I began reading Science and Health, then I looked on YouTube for more literature.

That’s when I found “Oneness” by Bicknell Young and “Body” by Martha Wilcox. I wasn’t aware of the history between the Boston church and the Plainfield Independent church. I never heard of the Plainfield church even though for 5 years I lived less than 30 miles from it. Listening to the articles was very inspiring to me. However, I continued to decline mentally and physically. I had no energy or desire to get out of bed. I finally called a Plainfield practitioner hoping she would pray for me so I could get better. I’ll never forget how surprised I was when she said she didn’t have a magic wand that could be waved for me to instantly get better. This is something I needed to do for myself. She taught me that Christian Science is not about healing all your problems so you can return back to a mundane existence in the mortal, human world. Instead, it is about learning who you really are and living life as God’s manifestation.

Over time as I talked with her, I stopped paying attention to myself, my physical aches and pains, and emotional issues but began to understand my purpose. The importance of praying without ceasing, to love people, see them as God’s ideas, and listen to God at all times. As time went on, I became so excited every week to learn so much from the Roundtable discussions and join in on Wednesday night to learn from all the beautiful testimonies about how people use Christian Science every day and for everything. I began joining in the weekly Unity Watches to pray for our world. As a result of these experiences, I am so much happier and in a much better place both emotionally and physically. I have had countless physical healings for myself, family members, and my animals along with other healings such as problematic neighbors or trouble at work. I continue to work on staying in God’s house and not getting caught up in surplus or negative thinking. I’m so happy for all that I’m learning. I’m very thankful to my practitioner for all her patience, love, and support. I’m very grateful to God, to Christ Jesus and Mary Baker Eddy. I’m grateful to all the workers at Plainfield for putting Christian Science out to everyone in the world for when they are ready.