Until I began the study of Christian Science, it never occurred to me that God could be understood. I believed in a Divine Being and offered long prayers to Him, but He seemed very far away, and I never felt quite sure that He would meet all my needs. But soon after starting the study of the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, I sensed in a small way that God is with us all the time, that He loves us and does give us everything necessary for our health and happiness. To strive to understand this grand fact, I found, is the beginning of the understanding of God.
My interest in Christian Science was originally aroused not for myself but for a relative. However, I did need healing in many ways, for I had been sick most of my life. After ten days of study of the Bible and Science and Health it became clear to me that a condition of chronic sore throat of many years' standing had no basis in truth. I had had several operations in an endeavor to get rid of this, and had even gone to another country to have treatments from a specialist there, but I was still no better. How wonderful it was one night, as I reached out for my medicine, all at once to realize that I did not have to use it any more. I had glimpsed the fact that material remedies could never heal, but that the presence of God does. I slept comfortably that night for the first time in many years. In a few days all soreness had left. I was healed.
The doctors had also told me that since my mother and aunt had passed on because of other malignant conditions, I too, who had the same symptoms, would require an operation, although no assurance of my being cured was given. Early in my study of Science I received help, but the complete healing took several years. At times the trouble was painful, but I am now free from it.
