"O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth. Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day" (Ps. 96:1, 2). I wish to express my deep gratitude for Christian Science, which has taught me to claim my God-given joy instead of accepting despair.
Before I found this Science I had been extremely unhappy in my home. My grandparents had been divorced. My parents were divorced, and my mother felt burdened in raising both my sister and me on her own. The three of us had lived through the very dangerous years of World War II; our home in France had been bombed out twice. As a result, life for me was difficult and miserable, and sometimes, I thought, really not worthwhile.
The religion I had been brought up in was of no help to me, since it taught that the more one suffered, the better it was for the redemption of one's soul. This I could not accept. Neither could I accept the concept that Jesus was God, having been made incarnate for the purpose of showing us how to become more spiritual. I reasoned, "If Jesus performed miracles because he was God, how could that help me, a mortal?" I wanted to believe, but there was no logic in mere belief. So I gave up religion.
