Testimony of Healing September 16, 1991 Issue

As a little girl, I naturally felt close to God, heard His guidance,...

Vicki V. Sheffield

As a little girl, I naturally felt close to God, heard His guidance, and had wholehearted faith in His ability to deliver me from evil. Although my parents did not attend church, they had faith in God and took me and my sisters to Sunday School at a Protestant church. I tried to practice in my daily life what I was learning in Sunday School and prayed to God as I was taught. One time when I was ill with German measles I felt God's presence, and very distinctly heard, "I am your Life." This message from God was a milestone in my spiritual development and made me more receptive to God's guidance.

During my first year of college, my father was murdered. This plunged me into a mental state of despair and darkness. My world, as I had known it up to that point, would not be the same, and I couldn't find comfort anywhere. I had questions that required spiritual answers. I had a deep hunger and desire to know God better and truly understand Him. I knew that only God could fill the void I was feeling.

A few months later, a friend started telling me some thoughts she had learned from a book. The book was Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, and I asked to see it. From the moment I began to read, I realized it was explaining what I already had begun learning about God and my relationship to Him. I loved the first sentence: "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings." These words brought light to my darkened consciousness. I read the book constantly—even when walking to class and at mealtimes; I couldn't put it down. The light had come! I was healed of both grief and depression.

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