Testimony of Healing January 2, 1984 Issue

Several years ago when I was having my teeth cleaned, the dentist...

MELINDA MASON POWERS with contributions from TOM POWERS

Several years ago when I was having my teeth cleaned, the dentist informed me that an area of my gum had deteriorated. He gave me the name of a specialist and recommended that I seek surgery for the condition.

When I returned home, instead of calling the specialist, I got in touch with a Christian Science practitioner and requested prayerful help. For the next one and a half years I worked with the practitioner and on my own, yet the physical condition neither improved nor worsened. Nevertheless, as I prayed, I became more and more interested in and thrilled about what I was learning of divine Truth, and less and less concerned with what my gum was doing.

During this time of spiritual development, much character improvement was going on. Periodic moodiness and emotionalism gradually dropped away as I came to realize that I didn't really like being excessively emotional. (Previously, I had rather liked it!) While I was working on overcoming the moodiness problem, it helped to affirm often that I couldn't in any way think or act "out" of God's control. Much fear also left me during that time.

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