Testimony of Healing November 11, 1991 Issue

About nine years ago I found myself in need of a new pair...

John Paul Ondrak with contributions from Nancy Jane Ondrak

About nine years ago I found myself in need of a new pair of reading glasses. I already had five pairs that I had purchased from various opticians and optometrists. In each case, for a few months I could read clearly with the new pair of glasses, then the print I was reading would again begin to blur. My next-door neighbor and good friend suggested I stop this haphazard manner of purchasing glasses and visit an ophthalmologist, who would examine my eyes and give me a prescription for the correct glasses I needed. I did as she suggested and visited a local eye doctor.

After concluding his examination, the ophthalmologist told me that early cataracts were the cause of my blurred vision. He said he would like to see me periodically and take whatever steps were necessary as the condition developed. He gave me a prescription for new glasses and another for eye drops to ease the irritation. I thanked him and left his office.

As I walked down the dimly lighted hallway, I was overcome with self-pity. I leaned against the wall and said, "Father, the line-of-duty injury that retired me from the New York Police Department left me a cripple for over twelve years. It was only after my wife convinced me that healing was possible through the study of Christian Science that I overcame that disability. Now a doctor has told me I may go blind. What is it I must learn?" I closed my eyes and prayed silently, pondering over and over again "the scientific statement of being" from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.

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