A diligent effort to understand...

Florence S. Voellmecke

A diligent effort to understand God through the teachings of Christian Science transformed my human experience into one that has been full and joyous, and I wish to express my sincere gratitude.

Class instruction was such a wonderful inspiration that I felt a deep urge to know more and more of God. On the way home from class, I turned to these words in "Christian Healing" by Mrs. Eddy (p. 19): "Tireless Being, patient of man's procrastination, affords him fresh opportunities every hour."

The words "tireless Being" gave me such an expansive thought about God that I decided to begin to list all the names for God that I could find in the Bible and in Mrs. Eddy's writings. From then on, each time I found a new one, I would jot it down, and I found over sixty. Often I found a new term when I was having a problem of some sort to be solved, and I would become so joyous that the difficulty would then dissolve.

For example, one time I thought I had received unfair treatment in the office where I worked. In the endeavor to clear my thought, I began leafing through the pages of "Unity of Good" (also by Mrs. Eddy) and noticed on page 30 the words "divine Arbiter." I was so elated to find a new name for God and to realize that God is the only judge and does not know unfairness but is the giver of infinite good to man that I was completely released from the sense of injustice.

Shortly after this I went to Japan for a period of two years as a civilian employee of the Army. This experience was happy and fruitful, and I am thankful that during this period spent overseas, I was able to attend my association meetings and have attended each year since having class instruction. The first year I was in Japan I held to the truth that "with God all things are possible" (Matt. 19:26), and when association time came, the money was available; I was granted twenty days' leave and was able to fly home and back again.

The second year I had very little money, certainly not enough to pay my way to the United States and back to Japan; but again I maintained that all things are possible to God, and I realized that this problem had been solved once and it was not necessary to do prayerful work over again. What I had to do was to maintain the spiritual position I had attained the previous year. When the time came, I was granted two months' leave and was able to cross the Pacific on a government ship and to return to Japan, also by ship, for nominal fares.

One morning when I was living on a military reservation, I awakened with an abscessed tooth, which caused one side of my face to be swollen. Since everyone who knew me was aware that I was a Christian Scientist, I was concerned about the remarks that might be made about my religion or my ability to apply it. Then I realized that personal sense had to be put out and that this was an opportunity for all to witness the healing power of Truth, as it can be proved in Christian Science.

All day, at each opportunity, I worked prayerfully to realize the truth of man's perfect being as the expression of God. That evening the swelling had gone down, and I was able to be at my post as Reader at the service held by the group of Scientists meeting informally on the reservation. When I reached home the abscess drained, and the healing was complete.

Christian Science has revealed God to me as our great Physician when physical difficulties have arisen, our Minister when comfort has been required, and our Shepherd when I have sought guidance. I am grateful indeed for Mrs. Eddy and for her revelation of Truth, which enables us to understand to some degree our true being in the great Forever. —(Mrs.) Florence S. Voellmecke, Boston, Massachusetts.

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