Testimony of Healing November 22, 1975 Issue

I was still newly interested in Christian Science when a challenging...

Betty Fiedler

I was still newly interested in Christian Science when a challenging physical disease manifested itself and resulted in complications, including heart trouble and loss of weight. My family and close friends urged me to consult a physician, and I did. His diagnosis was a toxic thyroid condition requiring immediate surgery, with drugging the rest of my life.

I believed that this condition had been brought on by an emotional conflict while I was being influenced by human will. It followed logically that the wrong thought had to be eliminated— not a part of physicality removed—and replaced with the right spiritual ideas. Also, I understood enough from reading the textbooks of Christian Science, the King James Bible, and Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, to know that I could be healed through spiritual regeneration and growth.

At this point I asked a Christian Science practitioner for help and went to the Christian Science Benevolent Association, San Francisco, California, where I could devote myself to gaining a deeper understanding of God and my relationship to Him. The chapter on Prayer from Science and Health was my inspiration each day, and the following passage on page 12 was especially significant: "It is neither Science nor Truth which acts through blind belief, nor is it the human understanding of the divine healing Principle as manifested in Jesus, whose humble prayers were deep and conscientious protests of Truth—of man's likeness to God and of man's unity with Truth and Love." I realized the term "man" meant generic man, and that included me, too. Then I joyously accepted the spiritual fact of my likeness to God and of my unity with Truth and Love. Just the thought of companions such as Truth and Love was so heartwarming, I soon lost all sense of feeling alone!

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