My heart is overflowing with gratitude for Christian Science,...

FLORENCE BEAR

My heart is overflowing with gratitude for Christian Science, which teaches us the truth about God, as being our loving Father, omnipotent and omnipresent, who supplies every human need. Recently we had a beautiful demonstration, which showed us again our Father's loving care for us, His children. My husband lost his position in an unfair manner. At first we thought our understanding of this great truth was firm enough to work out the problem ourselves, knowing that in God's kingdom there is no lack, no trouble, worry, difficulties, injustice, but that all is harmony and abundance; and we thought that something better was awaiting us.

However, when after almost three months nothing appeared, we nearly lost our patience. I became quite discouraged and depressed. Though I did not believe that we were deprived of God's help and care, I did not seem to see and feel clearly enough His protecting and leading hand, and I asked the help of a loving practitioner. She explained clearly that we must rely wholly upon God for our supply, and not upon material means and circumstances. She convinced me that we would have whatever we needed, and that my husband would get a position, but not necessarily just when and where it pleased us. She strengthened my trust and confidence in God, our heavenly Father, as being our only source of supply, so that I faced the circumstances in a different light; and on talking it all over with my husband we both felt more hopeful and confident than before.

At the moment things were still the same, but our attitude towards them had changed. Whereas, before, we saw only our loss and lack, after my visit to the practitioner we realized and were grateful for all the good that was ours. Every detail of our problem has been worked out in a most wonderful way since we left it to God, knowing that He would show us our rightful place. After the change in our mentality, the material supply and change of our circumstances came also, and the way opened up on every side. My husband had more than one opportunity to get a job. I am glad to say that he is well satisfied with his new position, and is doing well. The experience showed me that if we only stop our own planning and outlining and let God, divine Principle, lead us, everything will turn out for the best for us. We are deeply grateful for this beautiful demonstration by which our problem has been worked out so wonderfully, and most of all for the spiritual growth this experience has brought to us.

I should also like to tell of a beautiful instantaneous healing which I had several years ago, of a severe case of rheumatism, from which I had suffered every winter since I was a young girl. I went to see a practitioner, who told me about God as being the only creator, and said that since God is Love, He cannot send us anything that is unlike Love. This explanation of God, divine Love, was very clear to me. I realized that while God is All and the only power, nothing can have real power that is unlike God, good. The practitioner explained further to me that God, good, fills all space, and since all space is filled with good there is no room for evil, or anything unlike good—and this too was very clear to me. The realization of the truth banished all sense of everything that was not good, and I went home as on wings, full of happiness. It was a revelation to me, for I knew that I had found the "pearl of great price." My fear of pain, drafts, and cold was destroyed, and also the ailment itself. Relatives and friends who have known me since childhood can hardly believe that I am perfectly cured and free from that bad frequent visitor.

After this wonderful healing I took up the study of Christian Science more seriously than ever before. With the study of our Lesson-Sermons in the Christian Science Quarterly, Mrs. Eddy's writings, and our periodicals—for all of which I am very grateful—other ailments vanished, such as bad colds with much coughing, sore throat, influenza from which I suffered every winter, and sick headaches. The study of this religion fills my life so entirely that it has cured me also of a sense of lonesomeness and homesickness. I am very grateful to God for giving us Mrs. Eddy, who has revealed to us again the teachings of Christ Jesus, the Wayshower, through which we may look to God as our loving Father-Mother, who is with us always and everywhere, and grateful also for every channel through which Christian Science is being spread over the world to help humanity find health, happiness, and harmony.

(Mrs.) FLORENCE BEAR, Utica, New York.

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