Testimony of Healing February 4, 1991 Issue

As the fir-clad mountains and majestic hills are round about...

Eugenia Z. Arvanitis

As the fir-clad mountains and majestic hills are round about Levidi, Arcadia, so the love of God embraces His infinite and eternal creation. This testimony comes from the heart of Greece.

Before I knew of Christian Science, the admonition of the ancients, "Know thyself," was a precious family motto that sang in my heart. From early childhood I had sought and pursued education and learning. At one juncture, I was teaching adult classes in addition to operating a studio for voice, speech, and oral expression. On a Wednesday evening at closing time, a kind woman invited me to attend a Wednesday testimony meeting at a branch church. There I was introduced to a Christian Science practitioner who was a newly elected Second Reader in her branch Church of Christ, Scientist. She inquired about my work. We both agreed to help each other. She helped me as a practitioner, and I coached her in the reading of the Bible at the Sunday church services.

Although I had a deep reverence for the Holy Bible, loved its universal appeal, and appreciated its religious influence throughout the centuries, I needed to understand its spiritual message and make it my own. I began a course of study. And indeed I found the language of Spirit, the new tongue. A passage from Proverbs held special significance for me: "Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established." The Word of God, divine law, order, harmony, holiness, beauty, and glory illumined my consciousness. Divine Love revealed to me the Way of Christ, Truth.

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