Testimony of Healing August 10, 1974 Issue

I write this testimony with a heart filled with gratitude to God for...

Joyce L. Coston with contributions from Robert F. Coston

I write this testimony with a heart filled with gratitude to God for Christian Science. My parents became students of this religion when I was a little girl, and my sister and I were enrolled in the Sunday School. In my teens I decided I didn't need Christian Science or to learn about God, so I quit Sunday School and did not attend church regularly.

Several years later I was married, and found that as challenges increased in my life I did indeed need to know more of God to be happy and well. I had always been a very fearful person, and at the time our two small sons were at the ages of seven and four I had what appeared to be a nervous breakdown, aggravated by a deep fear of heart trouble. I was unable to care for my family or home, and unhappy, depressing thoughts were constantly with me. I felt God had completely abandoned me, and as a result I was filled with resentment and bewilderment. I even attempted to take my own life.

My husband was not a Christian Scientist when we were married, but prior to this mental breakdown he had seen many healings in our family through prayer in Christian Science. Therefore he encouraged me to turn to God for healing. Although the situation seemed hopeless, I finally decided I would take a stand and wholeheartedly lean on God for help. The Holy Bible, and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, became my constant source of inspiration and hope. I found I needed much mental "housecleaning" to root out fear, impatience, hatred, self-will, self-love, and—perhaps my worst enemy—criticism!

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