I can remember as a young girl questioning why nobody healed as Christ Jesus said we should. I had never heard of Christian Science, but even as a child I felt something was missing from Christianity if there was no healing. After I was married and had two children, my desire to know God became fervent. I wanted more than anything else to teach our children the highest sense of what is right. I studied several religions.

About this time my uncle learned of Christian Science and gave a copy of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, to my dad. He and my mother became interested and soon mailed me a copy. My first attempts at reading Science and Health were unsuccessful. In fact, one day I got so discouraged I put the book aside; but I respected my parents and my uncle, and I saw that they had derived a great sense of love and peace from Christian Science.

At this point I prayed, "God, if this is the truth about You, please help me to understand it." Well, for several days I couldn't put the book down. I read it from cover to cover and then started back through again. The joy I felt was wonderful. I knew I had found the truth. Here was a religion that taught what Jesus had taught.

Before long I joined a branch church and The Mother Church, and later I had class instruction in Christian Science. I am so grateful to Christ Jesus, our Way-shower, and to Mrs. Eddy, our Leader, who brought us the Comforter Jesus promised.

Our family has experienced many healings through the study and application of Science. I am so grateful that our children know God as Father-Mother and are able to witness the truth of His being through healing. Both children were quickly healed of chicken pox; large thorns that had become embedded in our daughter's legs gently emerged through prayer; intense fear of death has been overcome; a persistent earache was permanently healed; and fevers and stomachaches have been quickly healed.

One time on a ski trip I fell off the ski lift. When I landed I heard a cracking noise and felt a great deal of pain in my knee. Our son was with me, and I asked him to pray because at first I wasn't able to think clearly. Soon I was able to pray, and I realized that I couldn't fall from God's care.

After I was taken down the hill on a snowmobile, I signed the necessary documents to release the ski facility from any responsibility and then joined my family. I was quickly healed and able to do everything we had planned for the remainder of our vacation. There were a few times after this, however, when I experienced trouble with the knee while playing sports. Each time I prayed to know there had never truly been a first injury to result in painful aftereffects. I affirmed that because God is the only creator, man's foundation is sure and his being spiritual, never separated from God. I gained my complete freedom. I am very active; I help coach soccer, play on a softball team, and enjoy running.

Christian Science is wonderful!

Paulette J. Watkins
Greenwich, Connecticut