Testimony of Healing December 21, 1940 Issue

In 1921 I was in a wretched condition mentally, physically,...

L. REDVER NEED

In 1921 I was in a wretched condition mentally, physically, and morally. I had had medical treatment for two years, until finally the doctor had informed me he could do nothing further for me. My condition was extreme, and I indeed walked "with painful steps and slow" (Christian Science Hymnal, No. 158). In my extremity, and because all material means to gain health and happiness had failed, I resolved to turn to Christian Science for help.

When this decision was made, I found the way already prepared for my introduction to the truth, for it developed that my immediate supervisor was a Christian Scientist. I approached him on the subject, and after a few weeks mustered up enough courage to go to a Reading Room and speak of my troubles to the attendant. I was given much encouragement and lovingly directed to read daily the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly, attend church, and go to the Christian Science lectures. This I began to do, and very soon, as I carried out this counsel and received the loving help of practitioners and other Christian Scientists with whom I became acquainted, I found that my thinking began to change, and I became conscious of a transformation in my mental attitude toward life and all mankind.

I learned that God is my Life, and that I live because He lives. Whereas I had had no desire to live, I awakened to realize that there were "glad and golden hours" ahead of me because I was, in reality, God's child and He would take care of me. Jesus' words, "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven," had a deep significance for me. The World War had shaken my confidence in civilization, and it was only the Christ, Truth, which could and did restore my faith in good, even as today Truth is enabling me to see the unreality of prevailing world conditions. Instead of seeing evil persons and evil things everywhere, I saw good, in reality, everywhere present. This was indeed a revelation, coming as it did when the outlook was most dismal, dreary, and hopeless. Since that time, there have been many hours of joy, peace, and happiness. When trials come, I am learning to see them as "proofs of God's care" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 66). There is always a way out because, regardless of what the material senses say, we can never be separated from God, who is Love.

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