Testimony of Healing April 12, 1993 Issue

When I was in my late teens, the Christian Science textbook...

Nergish Hodiwala

When I was in my late teens, the Christian Science textbook was introduced to my mother by a friend of hers. It came into our home as a light shining in the darkness of fear, because at that time my mother was suffering from an acute illness diagnosed as possibly fatal intestinal ulcers. She studied the book and was eventually healed through the prayers of herself and a Christian Science practitioner. She led an active life for many years and became a Christian Science practitioner herself.

My mother's progress made me wonder about Christian Science, and I began to read Science and Health, with casual curiosity. But after my mother began attending church services and relating to me some of the testimonies of healing she heard, I began to study the weekly Bible Lesson. This study opened the Bible for me as a practical guide in daily life; I had not been at all familiar with it because our family, which lived in India, followed an ancient, monotheistic, non-Christian religion that does not use the Bible.

Not too long after taking up the study of Christian Science, I was convinced that it was the religion I wanted, because I experienced proofs of its healing application in my everyday life. I also began attending church services. Our family's religion was very strict about conversion to another religion—once converted, one would be debarred from fulfilling social obligations involving religious ceremonies, or from enjoying certain privileges reserved for the community. But my mother and I wanted to give our "mite" to help our fellowman by joining the church. After a few years we joined the local Christian Science Society (which is now a church), and later The Mother Church.

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