Testimony of Healing April 9, 2007 Issue

HEALING—A BLESSING TO OURSELVES AND OTHERS

JANET HORTON

When I was 12, I was so painfully shy I couldn't look anyone else in the eye. I was unusually small—only as tall as the third graders. One day, I heard a fellow student tell a guy I had a crush on him. It was actually more accurate to say that his response crushed me.

That night, I cried before I went to sleep. Then it occurred to me that I should try to pray about this situation, because I found it so distressing. The first thought that came was, "You say you're a Christian Scientist, but you're not using it!" I realized I had to seek God with all my heart. After praying about what to study in addition to the weekly Bible Lesson, I resolved that for two months I wouldn't go to sleep until I'd read at least a page from the books of Psalms and Isaiah, and a page from the chapter "Footsteps of Truth" in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.

This study lasted for more than six months, because I found it so inspiring. One night, a passage I was reading completely dispelled my shyness: "The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary" (Isa. 50:4). That night, I realized with certainty that God had a specific purpose for me and I didn't need to be embarrassed about appearing intelligent—or small.

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