Testimony of Healing January 24, 1994 Issue

When I was a young mother, my husband and I were divorced...

Bonnie Brossman

When I was a young mother, my husband and I were divorced after only three and a half years of marriage. He could not seem to support us, and had a problem with alcoholism. Responsibility for the support of myself and the children fell upon my shoulders. I wanted to join a church, to get close to God, to find solutions to the challenges. For some reason I felt my mother would not rest until I visited her church—the Christian Science Church. I decided to do so and then tell her I didn't like it. My thought was completely closed to Christian Science. But when I attended a service, never had I seen a more sincere congregation, one more wholly intent upon hearing God's word. It was the congregation's wholehearted attentiveness and worship of God that reached me.

I began to study Christian Science and then joined a branch church and The Mother Church.

I worked from forty to sixty hours per week. There was an unusual turnover of baby sitters. My four-year-old son began to act in ways unlike himself. I knew he needed the stability of having his mother at home. Putting aside pride and the fact that I was capable of supporting two children, I was led to accept ADC welfare to be at home with the children. Through prayer, love and affection, my son's natural sweetness returned. After two years of studying Christian Science I asked the welfare agency to stop sending checks. I didn't know how we would be provided for; my feeling was simply that I should not accept another welfare check. I felt close to God, and my faith had become strong.

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