Testimony of Healing March 23, 1981 Issue

Metabolic disorder healed

C. PAULETTE FREDRICK PUGH

When I was a college freshman, a doctor told me I had a metabolic disorder and would have to take medication for the rest of my life. Often I tried to stop taking the pills, but fatigue always followed. Sometimes I even got up in the middle of the night to take the medication, knowing how bad I would feel without it. Gradually, the dosage was increased. Yearning for an answer, I began a lengthy investigation into the many avenues that promise healing.

Years later the book A Century of Christian Science Healing was sent to me. As I read of these lovely scientific healings, I realized that they were genuine tributes to the power of God—God who is Life—for whom I had been searching. Immediately I purchased a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, the textbook mentioned in the testimonies. Such a revelation!

I decided to quit taking the pills. But I soon realized that human will plays no part in a Christian Science healing, while spiritual understanding is requisite. There was a lot to learn through study of the Bible and Science and Health. Humbly I prayed, then looked back with objectivity on the circumstances surrounding those first few months of college. My values had been challenged at every turn. What I saw going on around me was extremely disturbing. I "blanked out" on an exam, although I had been a good student. Finally, normal female bodily processes were interrupted. Also, I often found myself crying uncontrollably. That was when I went to the doctor, who diagnosed the metabolic disorder.

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