Testimony of Healing September 28, 1968 Issue

Forty years ago my father was introduced to Christian Science...

Martha B. Scott

Forty years ago my father was introduced to Christian Science while on a business trip. I shall always be grateful for his receptive thought, which quickly grasped the worth of this teaching of God and of man's relationship to Him. My mother, too, became interested, and I was enrolled in the Christian Science Sunday School. These years were priceless to me, for there I learned to make practical in my everyday experience the teachings of the Bible. As a result I can see God's guidance throughout the years in the orderly unfoldment of each step of progress in my experience, including a most harmonious marriage. I can truly bear witness to Mrs. Eddy's statement (Science and Health, p. 454), "Love inspires, illumines, designates, and leads the way."

At one time I was very much in need of employment, and for several months I prayed and sought God's guidance on this problem, first by myself and then with the help of a Christian Science practitioner. One Wednesday noon I attended a Christian Science testimony meeting. As I waited for the meeting to begin, this quotation came to me (Miscellaneous Writings by Mrs. Eddy, p. 307): "God gives you His spiritual ideas, and in turn, they give you daily supplies." I prayed humbly and earnestly to be receptive to the right ideas I knew God was ever pouring out to me.

As I left the church, I suddenly recalled a plan I had conceived of during my school years for business expansion in the field for which I was trained. Remembering my prayer, I asked the Father to show me where to turn to offer this plan to benefit others. Quickly I thought of a firm that might be interested, although I did not know anyone connected with this company. In obedience I turned around and went directly to this firm, praying all the way to be shown each step I should take. The man I needed to see was in; and when I told him of my plan, he was amazed and said, "I've had that idea for a long time but never acted upon it."

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