Testimony of Healing February 14, 1994 Issue

I don't know how I could have made it if I hadn't had Christian Science

Virginia Hunt

I don't know how I could have made it if I hadn't had Christian Science. It was my anchor of hope during a time of despair, when I seemed to be tossed about on a sea of doubt, confusion, self-pity, and fear for the future.

A healing of loneliness came through prayer, with the help of a practitioner. She encouraged me not to outline how healing would come, but to turn to God to find my fullness and completeness as His child. This was a tall order for me, as I was so doubtful and unhappy; I was in a mental rut. I prayed earnestly to find release.

I found an article in an issue of the Sentinel that was so inspiring—its message was just what I needed. It opened my thought to a new way of thinking—that my home was not a material structure but a spiritual idea; that I was already complete in God, a manifestation of the divine Mind, who includes joy, peace and freedom. Instead of expecting companionship and happiness to come from without, I needed to look within my consciousness and to know that they were already present. This article pointed out that we need to make our companions those qualities we wish to see expressed to us. I began to express more of God's qualities of joy, loveliness, caring, and gentleness. And in only a few months I met a young man whom I ended up marrying. He did indeed have those qualities I was considering.

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