Testimony of Healing December 27, 1975 Issue

I had been brought up in Christian Science and attended a...

Crene H. Walsh

I had been brought up in Christian Science and attended a Christian Science Sunday School, but when I left home to work, I gradually drifted away from its teachings. Years passed, and more and more I found myself depending on material means for satisfaction and happiness. Each day brought additional complications, as a business partnership seemed to be a continuous source of disagreement, hostility, and hate.

To alleviate this frustration, I started to drink heavily, until much of my time was spent in drinking. Living this way brought health problems, and a doctor tried to discourage the excessive drinking. My husband also tried to help, but I felt it was my business and continued until mental depression brought me to an attempted suicide.

I had reached the bottom of the ladder and realized I must turn to God and my early foundation of truth, as presented in Christian Science. My first step was to buy a Christian Science Quarterly and start reading the Lesson-Sermon each morning before I left home. I was striving to understand myself as the child of God. First I had to learn to love God, to find out what God really meant to me, His place in my life and my relationship to Him. Learning of His omnipotence and how I am included in His allness came first. Then I had to learn to love myself as the perfect child of God and to love those around me in their true selfhood.

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