Gratitude list

Last night, I was feeling the need to review the healings and help I and my family have received from Christian Science treatment and wanted to share some of what I am remembering. It is good, as you probably know, to express gratitude to God for all His gifts. Certainly the correction of a physical problem is a gift. Only right to sing His praise for these blessings!

* When a toddler, a few warts apeared on my chin. These were gone by the next morning through the prayer-based treatment given by a Christian Science practitioner.
* Hayfever that I'd experienced annually since I was six years old has been eliminated.
* At 18, I had a fall onto a blacktop road from a horse. A practitioner was called for prayer-treatment. The only effect that was seen was a black eye and scab around it, which was all gone in a week.
* Colds and flu were such a regular occurance in my life that my husband said he could predict them. Many times, these were met through prayer-based treatment and ended very quickly. Now, it is extremely rare, if ever, that these health challenges occur in my life.
* My husband (who is not a student of Christian Science) hurt his knee badly a few years ago so that it was difficult to even walk. He decided to ask a practitioner for treatment. He was walking comfortably in a couple of weeks. The problem resurfaced a year later but was quickly stopped again in a day. He has not had problems with his knees since then.
* Since high school, the first day of my menstrual cycle would wipe me out physically - pain, fainting, extreme temperature changes. Through regular, deeper study of God's laws and applying them to this problem, as well as general spiritual growth, no more mentrual pain!
* Plantar warts on the sole of one foot removed through self-treatment.

Okay, that's what I am remembering right now. And that's just some of the physical help. Add to this the help for other challenges and just everday situations: relationship issues, grief, difficult driving conditions, financial needs, getting through school and tests, self-image, etc., etc.

And almost more so, is the preventitive nature of Christian Science. I think sometimes that this is not emphasized enough. But I really feel so grateful for the prevention of disease and other problems that leaning on God brings to my life. Those colds mentioned above are a good reminder to me. What used to be chronic is incredibly rare if at all any more.

I am very grateful to God for the example he gave the world in his Son, Christ Jesus, for His Word as expressed in the Bible, for the gift of Christian Science and for the opportunity to share His good news with others. Sometimes the road is challenging, but I remember that He is always there loving us in just the way we need. Christian Science has met this need for me over and over. And I know it does for many, many individuals around the world at whatever stage or religion or whatever they are presently.