MY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY

ROBERT MUHUNAMI—NAIROBI, KENYA

I CAME TO LEARN about Christian Science in 1999. Although my parents had been religious, I had never been to church when I was young and was not familiar with religion. I happened to be walking on the streets of Nairobi one day and came upon a few young men who were distributing religious literature.

When one man showed me the literature he was holding in his hand, I almost waved him aside as I walked past. But I give gratitude to God, the divine Mind, because just then I heard a voice calling within me, "See how beautiful that literature is!" I stopped and accepted a magazine from the young man and immediately looked at the cover.

The title read Christian Science Sentinel. I saw that it was connected with the Christian Science church. The only question I asked the young man who gave me this magazine was, "Where is this church in Nairobi?" He gave me the directions to the church building, and I thanked him and continued on my journey, looking at the Sentinel in my hands admiringly.

As I read this periodical, I was so impressed by the testimonies of healing from all over the world. As I thought about it, I came to the conclusion that I must find out more about this religion, and learn what Christian Science is. Little did I know that this was the beginning of my walk on the avenue of God.

The following Sunday morning I still had a burning conviction to find out about that Christian Science church. I found myself comfortably sitting in the church auditorium listening to the readings from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.

THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY MORNING I STILL HAD A BURNING CONVICTION TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH.

To be honest, I did not understand everything I heard, but I seemed to be enjoying it. I read on the wall of the church "Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need," a quotation from page 494 of Science and Health. Soon after the church service, I made up my mind to talk to one church member, a woman who was kind enough to tell me some things about Christian Science. I want to say that what I heard from her about Christian Science and its healing ministry really encouraged me. She told me how Christian Science healing works and how it is effective without relying on medicine. I surely experienced Christlike love from this lady. She also gave me a beautiful copy of Science and Health, which she said would explain how the healings I had read about in the Sentinel were accomplished.

This book inspired me very much as I started studying it. The revelations contained in the book came to me just at a time when I felt I was restlessly hungering and thirsting to know the real identity of man. It gave me answers to my questions—answers I had failed to find before. I had always wondered who God is and how He is related to man. I had imagined that a man is material and that he is to live for a short while and then die, going back to the soil where he belongs. All I knew was that man is destructible.

This assumption had made me think that God is hiding somewhere, watching over us to see if we sin so that He can punish us and even kill us. I had attributed all bad events taking place in the world to God's will. I lived full of fear, without hope, believing that God's anger might rise up and destroy me or bring calamity to me.

Instead, from Science and Health I perceived that God created us perfect, as God himself is perfect. I was happy to learn that God is divine Love and that we are His image and likeness. I learned that our true identity comes from God. We are spiritual and indestructible; our real being is eternal as God himself is. Mary Baker Eddy taught that God is Love and that therefore sickness, calamity, and death are not His attributes.

I am grateful to Mrs. Eddy for the revelations in her book. I continued studying Christian Science and attending church services regularly for the next two years, when I became a member of the branch church. Today I am harmoniously serving as an usher and also on the lecture committee at the church, and I have witnessed many healings in Christian Science. I am glad I found this truth which set me free! CSS

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