Six years ago Christian Science found me brokenhearted. After the passing of a beloved parent, I experienced a sense of grief that grew continually worse. Together with financial worries, marriage failure, and a constant state of mental depression, my grief resulted in a conviction that life was meaningless.
At this time a Christian Science practitioner came to my business establishment and noticed my great need for spiritual help. She became a very dear friend, and until she moved away she visited me often. Through her encouragement I began the study of the Lesson Sermons in the Christian Science Quarterly and regularly attended a Church of Christ, Scientist. One day after a talk with her I was suddenly completely healed of the smoking habit of fifteen years' duration. Most interesting was the fact that simultaneously, as I awakened to the ugliness of the smoking habit, I saw the beauty of the universe as I had never seen it before. A wonderful sense of joy filled me when I saw, as though for the first time, the beauty of flowers, shrubs, and trees and admired the soft skies and sparkling waters.
Motivated by a desire for church membership, I took my stand against the use of alcohol, to which I had been accustomed since childhood. My thinking and living habits underwent a radical change, for in studying the Bible and Mrs. Eddy's writings I found the at-one-ment of my true self with God. The financial worries and mental depression were overcome, and peace, harmony, and joy such as I had never known filled my heart. During the past five years of church membership I have been blessed with a host of clear friends. Their happy, interesting, and useful lives are a constant source of inspiration to me.
