Testimony of Healing October 15, 1984 Issue

"Did we survey the cost of sublunary joy, we...

MARY JULIA MUSSAWIR

"Did we survey the cost of sublunary joy, we then should gladly waken to see it was unreal" (Christian Healing by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 11). How grateful I am to bear living testimony to the Science of Christian healing! Daily I rejoice in a fuller understanding of God's man as birthless, deathless, ageless, beloved.

Mental depression and emotional upheaval accompanied former days. These states of mind were exaggerated by the use of alcohol and marijuana, as well as by a conscious turning away from God. I found myself in a void of materialism. Therapies, philosophies, fortunetelling, eastern religions, and various schools of mental science were shaky supports at best. It seemed that as much as I wanted to live, I wanted to die.

Eventually I found myself on my knees, tearful, feeling humiliated and friendless. Then I turned to God for help. Even as human will attempted to retract that prayer, the answer to it was already in effect. I soon learned to stay sober with the help of other alcoholics. I stopped smoking marijuana. I had a new lease on life and a newborn faith in God. I prayed daily to know and do His will, and to understand more the nature of spirituality.

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