Testimony of Healing December 25, 1995 Issue

My conviction was growing as retirement approached that my...

Gladys Dove

My conviction was growing as retirement approached that my comfortable home of the past thirty-five years should be occupied by a young family rather than a single person. In a copy of the Sentinel I found a statement that perfectly expressed my feelings: "I asked God what I should do with the rest of my life and to lead me there."

Proverbs 3:5, 6 tells us: "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all they ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct they paths." As I learned to listen and to trust God with my plans, He certainly did show me what to do and where I should go.

The September after I left my position as a school librarian, I crossed the country to spend a month at the home of a high-school friend. Since I had previously visited the friendly Christian Science church in her area, I located the Reading Room and asked the librarian for a ride to the midweek testimony meeting.

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