Testimony of Healing December 31, 2001 Issue

Grief yields to persistent prayer

Sandy Rose Waller

Eight years ago I thought my life had ended. My husband, Tom, who was my best friend, passed on unexpectedly. I was devastated. I mentally screamed YES to this question: "Would existence without personal friends be to you a blank?" (Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 266). It was a blank because the only friend I cared about—the only person I wanted to be with—was no longer physically present.

But the question is followed by this: "Then the time will come when you will be solitary, left without sympathy; but this seeming vacuum is already filled with divine Love. When this hour of development comes, even if you cling to a sense of personal joys, spiritual Love will force you to accept what best promotes your growth."

The answer I needed was in that statement—the "Vacuum" in my life would be filled by "divine Love"—and this was coupled with a promise of spiritual growth. So began my adventure in learning not to lean on people, but to lean only on God. Where in the past I looked to my husband for advice, companionship, comfort, and support, I now looked to God. And I was never disappointed. Every need I had was met through God's provision.

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