Testimony of Healing February 6, 1984 Issue

In Psalm 71, we read (verse 3), "Be thou my strong habitation,...

DORIS BLAKE BENSON SHARP

In Psalm 71, we read (verse 3), "Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress." As a student of Christian Science, I have been sustained by this thought so many times.

After a fulfilling and long married life, I was widowed. At that time my only son was in Japan, in the military. Although he was given permission to come home for a month for his dad's funeral, when he returned to Japan I felt so very alone. But this emptiness was soon filled with an awareness of the motherhood and fatherhood of God.

At that time there was a notice in The Christian Science Journal, inviting members of The Mother Church who wished to serve as ushers at the Annual Meeting in Boston to apply. I made application and served in the voluntary capacity of usher for a week before the meeting. That was such a happy experience! During the week someone who had known me for a long time and who had worked with me while I was serving as a Christian Science Reading Room librarian, commented that he knew that my real life, reflecting the divine Life, was already complete. He encouraged me to expect evidence of this spiritual fact. I was helped at once by what he said; and eventually I married another lifelong Christian Scientist. Together we have had numerous proofs of God's protective care.

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