Testimony of Healing February 15, 1982 Issue

As a young man my life goal was mainly peace of mind and ease...

PAUL F. BROCK

As a young man my life goal was mainly peace of mind and ease in matter. Then suddenly I found myself in a state of complete collapse, with serious damage to my heart and lungs—too weak and miserable to do anything. My suffering (both mental and physical) was the result of having pursued a self-centered life in my job, sports, and in most other activities. I was told to avoid physical exertion, and dire predictions were made about my future. For one who had been as active as I, weeks of inactivity with no physical improvement threw me into the depths of discouragement.

In this time of crisis, I remembered a Christian Science Sunday School teacher I'd once had whose way of explaining this teaching and its connection with the Bible impressed me. I had not stayed with Science, however, so now I had little hope that I would find help in this direction. Nevertheless I sought that man out as a last resort. To my surprise he was kind, interested, reassuring, and encouraging. What a godsend! Although I had little comprehension of the depth of its message, Christian Science at least held out hope for me—something neither the physician nor my former church could do.

Gradually, Christian Science turned me away from my sad condition, and I was lifted to contemplating something better than material goals. The desire to study Science came slowly, for I kept going back to my former state of self-interest, impatiently wanting physical results more than an understanding of Truth.

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