Testimony of Healing February 25, 2008 Issue

'STRETCH FORTH THINE HAND'

VIRGINIA G. BARNES

Forty-five years ago, I was introduced to Christian Science. But I wasn't interested in pursuing this religion until two years later. At that time, our family had just returned to the United States after living three years in Puerto Rico. We were expecting our third child, in addition to establishing a home in an unfamiliar part of the country. I felt so overwhelmed by everything that I started crying and just couldn't stop. I was even crying in my sleep.

The physician I was seeing said he could do nothing for me. As I sat in the doctor's examining room, I thought, "Maybe you can't help me, but I think I know where I can get help." Returning home, I called a local Christian Science Reading Room. I asked the Reading Room attendant if she'd give me the name of a Christian Science practitioner. She gave me a list of practitioners. Using the list of names, I began calling. At first I wasn't able to reach anyone. Finally, though, someone answered. To me, it was as if divine Love passed through that phone line. I don't remember what the conversation was, but when it ended, that was the last time I cried.

I made an appointment to visit the practitioner the next day. After our visit, I went to the Reading Room and purchased Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. This began my study of Christian Science. Since then, I have relied on its truths to heal and resolve all kinds of situations in my life. In 1970 I took Christian Science Primary class instruction, which has continued to bless and sustain me.

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