My gratitude to our Father-Mother God for leading me to the...

Toralf Tollefsen with contributions from Nona Marion Tollefsen

My gratitude to our Father-Mother God for leading me to the study of Christian Science is unending. I found the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, at a time when my use of strong sleeping drugs and nerve pills had reached its climax, and no help was found against the steadily advancing condition of nervousness and sleeplessness. I could no longer give concerts or perform anywhere without going through a terrible agony of fear. Strife and worry seemed to be rampant where there should have been joy and inspiration.

All this was changed to new joy, hope, and inspiration when I found Christian Science. Returning home from a concert tour, my heart was filled with this wonderful teaching. I was like a new man, so much so that my wife also began to study this Science in order to find out what had healed me. This resulted in our starting to attend the local branch Church of Christ, Scientist, where we enrolled our little daughter in the Sunday School. Since that time we have not had material medicine in our home, and that was twenty-three years ago. All our needs have been taken care of, physical as well as financial, and all kinds of problems have been overcome through Christian Science. God has been and is our only physician.

One healing that stands out as a constant shining light for me took place during a concert tour. We had arrived at the concert hall and I was carrying some suitcases in from the car. Suddenly a suitcase slipped, and a nail on one of my fingers was almost torn off. Just as quickly as the shock and the pain, came this scriptural verse as a message from God (John 1:3): "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." The pain and bleeding disappeared instantly. I told no one about this except my wife, whom I asked to support me in knowing the truth of my being as God's child. Two hours later I gave the concert with the full use of all my fingers. Throughout the concert I was sustained by a wonderful feeling of God's presence and love. There was no pain or unpleasantness, just a feeling of harmony through it all. This feeling continued during the days that followed with concerts in various places, and it wasn't long before a new nail had grown in. I never had a moment of discomfort, although I had a full schedule of engagements.

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