For the sake of others who may be laboring with a similar trouble, I should no longer delay in offering my testimony of healing. As a child I grew rapidly, and my feet were often cramped in my shoes. I also suffered from chilblains. Finally, I was forced to wear corrective shoes. This hurt my pride, but seemed to confer some benefit. However, I still suffered a great deal at times. When I began to study Christian Science seriously the following words of the beloved disciple became very precious to me, for they helped me to take advancing footsteps to a more intelligent walk with God: "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.... For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away."
Church membership brought a necessity for continuous adjustment when working with others whose personal inclinations, background, and approach to Christian Science were different from my own. I became so occupied with metaphysical work that gradually I thought less and less about my feet, until I was walking some miles at a time for pleasure.
I had an earnest desire to renew my subscription to The Christian Science Monitor, but I also needed a new pair of shoes. The corrective type, which I seemed forced to wear, cost about the same as a year's subscription to our paper. I had never been able to wear a cheap shoe, but the thought came to me persistently of trying a certain low priced shoe, and I was astonished to find it very comfortable. I also found that I could wear a variety of shoes for various purposes.
