In deep humility and gratitude...

In deep humility and gratitude I wish to give thanks to God for saving my life. About ten years ago my home was broken up for the second time. I felt that this was the end of everything and that I just could not go on. Even though I had a religious background, I was absolutely desolate and felt that I had nothing to hold on to and nothing to live for.

The temptation to do away with myself was strong. But I turned to my sister, who had been a student of Christian Science for many years, and asked if I could go to church with her. I shall always remember the patient guidance I received from her and a very dear friend.

The first and most important thing they tried to get through to me was that God loved me, and in my confused state I held on to this one truth. A Christian Science practitioner helped me, and I studied everything she referred me to. I clung to Paul's words from the eighth chapter of Romans (38, 39), "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Some lines from Hymn No. 148 in the Christian Science Hymnal were also helpful. They are these:

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